Multicultural festival SA - experiencing over 50 cultures in one day
Australia is known as one of the most multicultural societies on earth and most Australians (84 %) believe that multiculturalism has been good for the country. And how could it not be?
In 2019 just international education activity alone contributed over $40 billion dollars to the Australian economy!
I've noticed many internationals stick with what they know and many join their own communities, clubs etc..and there is a club for pretty much any culture, they have regular meet-ups, dinner nights with their own traditional food, and doing their own cultural events and traditions. I know there is a Slovenian club, but have to admit, I haven't been yet. I have met only a few Slovenians here pretty much by accident. Our club is probably the smallest out there and most people I talk to, have never heard of Slovenia, some even think I made the country up :D I'm probably one of the rare internationals over here, that doesn't have friends that come from the same country, my friends are all from different countries.
Is that good or bad?
Well, both I think. I like to learn about different cultures and get to know other traditions, languages, accents (fighting over who has worse accent and laugh at each other's weird English words) and no matter what, we can all relate somehow as we all had to work hard to get to where we are now and help each other through loneliness and hard times.
But having my own community would be an added bonus as we can understand each other through having same morals, values and understanding and having some nostalgic moments.
Either way, as mentioned in my previous posts, South Australia is known as the festival state and this time I was invited to a Multicultural Festival by my aussie friend, who seemed surprised I didn't even know about it. Thanks mate, I appreciate it :D
I assumed my friend Helen would appreciate it too, so we invited her as well.
The festival didn't disappoint and it was amazing to see so many cultures blend in just one day! The place was packed and it was full of dance, shows, food and many colours and different costumes.
Did I mention food? :D
Unfortunately there was no Slovenian group there, the closest I could find was Croatian and of course I picked their food, along with "Cevapcici" and "Raznjici" , I had a bottle of "Cedevita" which took me back to when I was a kid ( that was the drink always in our kitchen ).
For desert, we picked "Baklava" and cinnamon pastry.
Unfortunately we were too late to try this tasty looking poppy seed pastry, which was all gone very quickly.
As we finished with out last bites, we spent the next few hours just watching all the performances which showed traditional dances and it really was an experience - as I closed my eyes, it was like I spent 10 minutes in each country.
So where did I go?
As me and Helen looked through the program...
...some of the places we went to were:
Japan..
Mexico..
Cook Islands..
Germany..
Brazil..
Vietnam...
Ireland..
India..
Thailand..
And many more...
Really nice day spent. What would I say was my favourite part?
I really liked that most of the dances were performed by really young kids. It was nice to see the culture being passed on, making sure they don't forget where they came from and staying true to their traditions..
...but also the fact that no matter what, every culture is unique and different, but every culture can be presented in the same form - dancing!
Every culture can be presented in a way of dancing , and each has their own story to tell.
And what was your favourite part?
Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed it. See you next time hive tribe.
Kat
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multiculturalism will always have a positive impact on a country, in many forms... and wow, 50 cultures at a festival, I have not seen so yet. I probably do not have as many friends from different countries as you, but a few and I find it is absolutely an enrichment you learn so much new and become more open:) have not noticed anything bad about it.and even Germany is represented haha but the germans look that way just in Bayern haha at the oktoberfest;)) to see the dances live must have been really great!
Yea, very true, it has many positive impacts, it's really good to get so many different restaurants, we can eat so many different foods over here and if you know proper ones, you will always eat well. Every culture brings something and especially most internationals are the ones working in hospitality so it's done amazing things here, we can see a big drop now when people are not able to come here...It was really great to see so many cultures in one and I was also not expecting so many people and such a big event combined in just one day!
They did really well! I haven't been to Germany but I had a feeling those dancers were ones I'd see at oktoberfest haha :) thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it!
oh wow thats a long time like and very practical for you haha;) I'm more the theory type but can fully understand what you are saying! I had also considered if i will do something with law then to work internally and to deal with human rights, really an interesting topic. i am shure you would be, its not that hard than many people think;) Absolutely I think so too it has a lot to do with freedom.
that's good to know, maybe I'll give it a go, I always like to learn new things, maybe law is my next big thing :D
oh haha the comment was related to your other comment;) yes, hopefully next year the situation will change again and relax:) on the pictures it really looked like a very big event:)
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I kept scrolling thinking I might see Cambodian dancers on the stage. I didn't realize you were Slovenian, for something reason I though South Africa, don't ask me why, my mind jumbles together unrelated things. One of our best customers at our vegan restaurant in Cambodia was a wealthy Slovenian lady that owns her own resort, and is also big into crypto.
Well, although I'm not super educated on your country, I know Martin Strel is a national treasure, and definitely the first Slovenian I would want to meet. I won't mention Melania Trump, sorry about that. OTher than that, I know the horseburger is very popular and your country's mountains are beautiful.
One thing about immigration, it always improves the local food, and your pictures are evidence of that. I haven't traveled in any wealthy countries outside the USA, but I'm always curious to hear stories about how people immigrated to some of the hardest to get into countries in the world. I knew a Thai restaurant owner very well near my hometown in the USA, and she is still confused why I can't bring my Cambodian family into the USA.
All things are relative, she's from a wealthy family of business owners in Thailand, so she didn't face any immigration problems coming to the USA, and she still to this day can't understand why I don't have the same financial resources as her because I am from the USA.
Thanks for your comment and reminding me of Martin Strel! I honestly haven't thought of that name in a long time, I do remember them talking about him a lot back home but the video you posted actually demonstrates so much more details about him, I didn't know half the things they show here. It's a great representation for sure!
I think (other than Melania of course, no need to mention haha all good) that our country for the most part is famous for its really great athletes, like basketball players like Luka Doncic and ice hockey player Anze Kopitar. Many more but these two names especially stand out.
I would't say horse meat is really Slovenian thing, I'm sure people like it but I love horses too much to even think of eating one! In general horse meat is not used often in typical dishes, must be something Martin likes so they put it in the video.
Yea , coming to Australia has been extremely difficult project and money spent just mind blowing. I will write about that in one of my post, but wanted to wait till my visa is granted. Yes, after 6 years I am still waiting! The struggle is real and I can imagine USA would have its own useless rules that make everything more difficult than it needs to be.