Apr 18 2008
2nd High Desert Inter-Cultural Festival in our Campus
The 2nd annual High Desert Inter-Cultural Festival, A Day of Unity among Different Cultures presented by R.I.C.E. – Redmond Inter-Cultural Exchange was hosted in our building last Saturday April 12, 2008.
Visitors learned about other cultures and customs through displays of culturally-specific items, music, food, workshops and friendly conversation.
The following countries/cultures where represented: Colombia, Thailand, Germans from Russia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Hellenic Society, Panama, USA/Americana, Native American, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua (Condega), Philippines, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Celtic Society, Japan, Ivory Coast of Africa and Guatemala.<
Other activities included:Musical performances, dance performances and instruction, Art including a Japanese calligraphy workshop, kids activities and multi-cultural story times provided by Deschutes Library, Cuban and African drumming workshops.
Students from the International School of the Cascades volunteered and it was a pleasure to see them mingling with the public and presenters and see everybody having a blast.
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