ELI Staff | October 10, 2018
On Friday, October 5, the ELI celebrated its 12th annual Festival of Nations.
This celebration of international culture featured a culture fair with tables representing China, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Colombia, Ecuador, Turkey and many other countries. Favorite activities included capturing selfies with photo booth-style props and having a name written in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese or Korean.
An international fashion show had students, faculty, staff and even family modeling a world of fashion, traditional and modern.
Finally, a talent show wowed the audience with performances from around the globe.
Dr. Stevens with four Kuwaiti students at the culture fair.
Chinese paper crafts were on display at the culture fair.
Showing the love at the United Arab Emirates culture fair table.
Student poses with sheathed khanjar cutout at the Oman culture fair table.
A students shows her name in hiragana.
Students could have their names written in Korean.
Ghanaian crafts were on display at the culture fair.
International fashion on display during the fashion show.
Two students perform a traditional Colombian folk dance.
The MelUDees perform with YoUDee during the talent show.
The Korean Dance and Culture Club perform to K-pop.
Colombian music!
Sreeparna Sarkar performs sthiti during the talent show.
More of the Korean Dance and Culture Club during the talent show!
Rosaline Babich performs a traditional Chinese dance.