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Festival of Cultures
The Festival of Cultures is one of the longest standing community events in Palmerston North. This year was the strongest line-up yet. It was the City’s chance to celebrate art, culture, lifestyle and explore their connections to each other and New Zealand. An event fully accessible to all of the community and offering free entertainment, food and arts and craft stalls. The Festival 2012 started this year with a Community Cultural Lantern Parade and concert on Friday 23rd March at 6.30 p.m. The parade follows weeks of work and workshops around the community in order to encourage the community to get behind this still relatively new initiative for the Festival. This years parade, despite the misty conditions was well attended with huge lanterns and paper animals. This was followed the next day by the World Food Craft and Music Fair, in The Square. The weather was fabulous and the crowds enjoyed all day local and national music, entertainment and cultural foods, crafts and culture. It was clear that everyone was relaxed, having fun in the sun and the whole area buzzed with people enjoying the diversity of cultures on display, the delicious foods, cooking demonstrations and the opportunity to dance in front of the stage to some great music. The Manawatu Multicultural Council had a stall of course and we were visited by a large number of people, both old friends and new people coming to find out about us. The Council also organised and judged the best stall on the day. The trophy was won by the Tongan community for their stall which displayed beautifully the different aspects of the Tongan culture and their arts and crafts. Nirmala Nand, MMC President presented them with their trophy. The competition for next years winners is now on. For more information go to |  |
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