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Kalasha School to hold Culture Night under theme “Love Is the Answer” to showcase students’ cultures
Summary
Kalasha School described Culture Night as a community event where families, staff and students share food, dance, music and personal stories. Organizers said this year’s theme is “Love Is the Answer.”
Kalasha School presented Culture Night as a community celebration where families, faculty, staff and students share food, dance, music and personal stories about their cultural backgrounds.
Speaker 1 (Staff member) said, “Culture night is a night where all of our families, our faculty, our staff, our entire school community can come together and celebrate the beautiful diversity that makes up our school. And what culture night offers for all students to show off their own authentic lived experiences and cultures, and then also to see the lives of their other friends at school and their cultures and lived experiences.”
Speaker 2 (Co-chair, Culture Night) described the event’s origin and this year’s theme: “Here at Kalasha, culture night was started, because there wasn't a culture night, when our kids entered in kindergarten. And so the co chair and I, you know, talked about the concept of culture night and what a great way it would be to bring our community together, and so that's how that got started. This year's culture night, the theme is love is” and Speaker 2 continued, “the answer, And we've asked families to talk about what they love about their culture, what they love about their food, what they love about where they're from. And so this night is really about what you love.”
A student participant (Speaker 3) said, “My favorite part is seeing all of my friends and classmates that I've known for a long time, watching them, like, present, do a dance, or make some music. If you share your culture, then people are likely also to, like, oh, that's cool. And then you become, like, close with them, you get to interact with them, and that really builds community.”
Speaker 2 characterized the event as a major school gathering: “This is 1 of the biggest events that we have at our school, and it is an opportunity for everyone to come together. And there's so much excitement, so much joy that the the families, the teachers, the students have in sharing in their cultures. And so it really brings our communities together.”
Speaker 1 also summarized the activities attendees can expect: “It's a night about celebrating diversity, inclusivity, and bringing everybody together, on topics of dance and food and celebration.”
Details on the date, time and specific logistics for this year’s Culture Night were not specified in the remarks provided.
