The World came to Lamoureux Park this past Weekend, July 12-14.
by Ian Bowering
Quick! Please!
Someone pinch me and tell me that I am still in Cornwall and not Montreal or Ottawa.
Not since the staging of the Cornwall Multicultural Festival and Worldfest, in the 1980s and ‘90s has Cornwall hosted such a vibrant, colourful cultural celebration, as the recent International Afro and Diversity Festival.
Lamoureux Park!
Visitors were immersed in a cascade of languages, while being buoyed along to international rhythms as they made their way through a bazaar featuring art, fashions, and traditions from the Caribbean, South America, and West Africa.
we’re glad you’re our neighbour.”
fabulous almond cookie tea.
The free entertainment provided tantalizing glimpses of Egypt, the Caribbean, Philippines, West Africa and our Indigenous North American, to name just some of the cultures represented.
Then there was the food!
My taste buds couldn’t have been more content.
If you are a certain age you can remember when pizza was considered exotic.
Fortunately for our taste buds all of this has changed, and visitors could enjoy Mid East kebabs, Filipino fare, Mexican tacos, Thai food, Japanese bubble tea, and Peruvian ceviche, with nary a donut in sight!
The organizers accomplished their “Mission,” and more in “Promoting Afro culture and diversity in all of its spendour.”
Check out lots more photos from the Festival International Afro Et Diversity Cornwall SDG on the Seeker Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/localseekergroup
