WINTER—SPRING - Canberra 100

German Lantern Walk
17 June
Join the traditional German Lantern Walk in Glebe Park.
The 2013 walk will be even more special as it celebrates the
Centenary with 100 lanterns (or more)! This year, children
will create lanterns to show their artistic interpretation of
Canberra and what it means to them. Song books provided.
Sausages, Saint Martin's breads, glühwein, soups and
desserts for a gold coin donation each.
Glebe Park
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Image: Andy Macdonald.
Eid al-Fitr Festival
18 August
The end of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan is celebrated in Canberra
with the Eid al-Fitr Festival.
The festival is an interfaith, multicultural and whole-of-community
event open to everyone. More than 4000 people attend. There will be
performances in a variety of Islamic musical and cultural styles. Stalls
will sell food from Lebanon, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Morocco and
many other countries. There will also be stalls selling books, arts, craft,
clothing, henna hand painting and lots of entertainment for children.
Eid al-Fitr is one of the joyous events in the Islamic calendar coming as
it does at the end of the month of Ramadan, a time when Muslims fast
from dawn to dusk. As the celebrations fall in the colder months, the
festival is now held under cover, in the heated facilities of the Fitzroy
Pavilion at EPIC.
Exhibition park in canberra
www.amv.org.au
Harmony Bus
During November 2013, catch a ride on the Harmony Bus as it travels to various prominent community gathering places
and interfaith focal points mapped along the northern and southern suburbs of Canberra. Learn about various ethnic and
cultural venues, cultures and customs as the bus moves from one venue to another. The Harmony Bus aims to foster
ongoing community relations, promote cross-cultural understanding and empower prominent community leaders and
local communities to gain a better understanding and appreciation of diversity and shared values of respect and harmony.
There will be activities planned at the harmony gathering points bringing community groups into contact with each other to
explore their own understanding of diversity through cultural exchange.
The Harmony Bus is produced by the Canberra Multicultural Community Forum.
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Digital Storytelling Workshops
Multicultural Youth Services have been a recipient of the 'Communities Working With Artists' grant administered through
Arts ACT, Community Services Directorate. In 2013, the grant will assist with the costs of digital storytelling workshops
with refugee youth.
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