The Macarthur Multicultural Children Festival was held on Sunday 7 May 2023 from 10 am to 4 pm at Koshigaya Park in Campbelltown. It featured a diverse range of performances and activities throughout the day.
The festival was a vibrant celebration of diversity, offering an opportunity for people from different backgrounds to come together and showcase their cultures and traditions.
The Cultural Parade was the highlight of the festival, where various communities gathered in their cultural clothes and outfits. They carried various items representing their cultures, including musical instruments, paintings, and cultural symbols.
They sang and danced in front of the audience, with students from Al-Faisal College Campbelltown carrying the flags of the festival, along with Australian and regional flags. Behind them, a band played parade music, and a cultural group marched in front of the stage, where all the guests and dignitaries were sitting. Everybody loved seeing the cultural diversity of Campbelltown.
The Pakistani community, with more than 70 people participated in the parade wearing clothes from different states of Pakistan, showcasing their language and culture while singing songs and playing the Dhool.
The Young Innovator Club Campbelltown held a robotic show, where young audiences saw different robots in action. Children were allowed to have a hands-on robotics experience and were given candies and lollies as rewards. Parents also showed interest and learned about club activities promoting STEM activities in Campbelltown.
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The event began with the performance by Macarthur School of Rock, followed by the Karen McPhillips Highland Dancers and the Latin Stars Dance Company. The Four Sisters and the Wiritjiribin Dance Group from Rebecca’s Dance Studio also put on impressive shows, as did the Spirit of the Island Dance Company.
Later in the day, Sydney Sirmos and Kisholoy Kochikacha took to the stage, followed by Harmony Speech, Minto Sinhala School, and DJ Jazzy & the Daydreamers. The event also featured a Children’s Parade led by Ingleburn RSL Pipes & Drums, Camden Community Band, and Campbelltown Camden District Band, as well as performances of “I Am Australian” and the National Anthem by children from Rainbow Crossing Inc & Or Funland, and Eliana D’Coutho respectively.
The festival also included speeches and words of encouragement from notable figures such as Thuat Nguyen AM, Founder & President of the Children’s Festival Organisation, and Dr Mike Freelander MP, Federal Member for Macarthur. State Members for the area, including Anoulack Chanthivong MP, Greg Warren MP, Sally Quinnell MP, Judith Hannan MP, and Nathan Hagarty MP, also gave speeches, as did the Mayor of Campbelltown, Cr George Greiss, and the Mayor of Camden, Cr Therese Fideli.
Other performers throughout the day included Blooming Talent, the Camden Community Band, Vocalise Music Academy, Yoga, Vietbamboo, Al Faisal College Minto, Bollywood Rainbow Warriors, WOW Performing Arts, Dance Utsav, and Sabdamala Nepalese Language School.
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