Cultural Passport
Contents Welcome to Riverlights
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Your Cultural Passport
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World Stage
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Riverlights Stage
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Global Kitchen
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Language Lounge
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Free Food Tasting
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Welcome
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Free Activities
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Language Treasure Hunt
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Cultural Village Information
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Festival Map
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The Lantern Sculptures
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Welcome to the Riverlights Multicultural Festival 2016. This year marks the 5th year of this dynamic community celebration of cultural diversity and a gathering of the extended multicultural community based in the Hunter. Riverlights has grown, with around 30 different cultures represented this year. Sample food, enjoy the performances, learn a new language, meet new people and get involved in the range of activities on offer at this wonderful event.
Your Cultural Passport
This Cultural Passport is your guide to Riverlights 2016. Use it to explore the performances, workshops, demonstrations and Cultural Villages throughout the Festival. Be sure to visit as many of the 23 Cultural Villages at the festival as you can. There you can sample food, play games, dance, learn about each of the cultures and have your Cultural Passport stamped as a souvenir of your visit. 3
World Stage
Global Kitchen
Event Opening Ceremony
3.00pm
Colombia - Yellow Arepa
4.00pm
Citizenship Ceremony
3.40pm
America - Cajun Jambalaya
4.45pm
World Fashion Parade
4.05pm
Iran - Kookoo Sabzi
5.30pm
Community Performances
4.50pm
India - Pakoras with Mint Chutney
6.15pm
Riverlights Parade
8.15pm
Tamil - Lemon Rice & Vadai
7.00pm
Sri Lanka - Kokis
7.45pm
Language Lounge
Riverlights Stage
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Tenambit Play 2 Learn
4.00pm
Farsi, Russian
3.00pm
Rutherford Public School Choir
4.20pm
Francis Greenway High School
4.40pm
Tamil, Fijian & Hindi
3.30pm
Sankha Ridma Dance Ensemble
5.05pm
Swahili, Filipino
4.00pm
Maitland High School
5.25pm
Japanese, Swedish
4.30pm
Chakras Performing Arts
5.45pm
Dari, Bahasa Indonesian
5.00pm
The Straight Back Fellows
6.15pm
Gambirra
Arabic, Polish
5.30pm
7.30pm
Story of the River
8.15pm
Denka, Balanda, Dogo
6.00pm
Riverlights Lantern Flotilla Gambirra Soul Fire Circus
8.30pm
Vietnamese, Pulaar
6.30pm
Sinhala, Tibetan
7.00pm 5
Free Food Tasting
Free Activities
at Cultural Villages
3.30pm - 4.00pm Kenya Afghanistan (Tajek & Pashtun) Tibet
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China Bangladesh Ethiopia
4.00pm - 4.30pm
Fiji Tibet North Sudan
4.30pm - 5.00pm
Torres Strait South Sudan Vietnam
5.00pm - 5.30pm
India Peru Mauritania
5.30pm - 6.00pm
Tamil Indonesia Philippines
6.00pm - 6.30pm
Russian Federation Sri Lanka
6.30pm - 7.00pm
Afghanistan (Hazara) Aboriginal Community
7.00pm - 7.30pm
Iran Democratic Republic of The Congo
7.30pm - 8.00pm
Instrument Making
Lantern Making
Collaborative Art
3.00pm 8.00pm
3.00pm 7.00pm
3.00pm 7.00pm
Language Treasure Hunt Grab your treasure hunt entry form from the Language Lounge and uncover the meaning of words and their language origins as you explore the Riverlights Multicultural Festival. Meet new people at each of the corresponding Cultural Villages as you uncover the words. Write your answers in the space provided and then head to the Language Lounge to submit your entry. 1st Prize – Apple iPod Nano (valued at $219.00) 2nd Prize - $100.00 Stockland Voucher 3rd Prize - $50.00 Stockland Voucher The winning entries will be drawn at 7.20pm at the Riverlights Stage. Entries close at 7.00pm. 7
Aboriginal Community
Afghanistan (Hunter Afghan Community)
Population: 606,164 (6% of Australia’s population)
Population: 22 million Capital City: Kabul
Interesting fact The Aboriginal culture is one of the oldest living cultures in the world, and is said to be more than 60,000 years old.
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Afghanistan (Hazara Hunter Community)
Interesting fact The Afghan national sport is Buzkashi also known as Goat Grabbing.
Bangladesh
Population: 2.8 million
Population: 156 million
Capital City: Kabul
Capital City: Dhaka
Interesting fact Hazara man Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medal, taking out the bronze medal in Taekwondo in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 8
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Interesting fact The currency of Bangladesh is called the Taka.
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China
Ethiopia
Population: 1.38 billion
Population: 102 million
Capital City: Beijing
Capital City: Addis Ababa
Interesting fact Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the snow.
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Democratic Republic of The Congo
Interesting fact Ethiopia is the only country in Africa with its own alphabet.
Fiji
Population: 77 million
Population: 900,500
Capital City: Kinshasa
Capital City: Suva
Interesting fact The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the third largest country on the African continent.
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Interesting fact The Tagimocia flower can only be found in Fiji.
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First Aid Instrument Making Cooking Demonstrations 1 Newcastle Aikido
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World Stage Fire Twirling 11 Crunchy Nuts
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Stalls
Language Lounge
Cultural Villages
Collaborative Art
Riverlights Stage
Camel Rides
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Lantern Flotilla
Lantern Making 21 Mauritanian
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41 Northern Settlement
Services
42 TAFE NSW 43 Silk Road 44 Shega African Village 45 Masarap Bread & Cakes
Ethnic Communities Council 12 Tibet
22 Italian and Spanish Specialties 32 Traditional Russian Food
46 Tibetan Community
Café Camino
13 Sri Lanka
23 Sauerkraut Sisters
33 Russian Federation
47 Shams Afghan Kebabs
Emmy’s Turkish Gozleme
14 Ethiopia
24 MEET Restaurant
Fiji
15 Afghanistan
25 India
34 China Republic of 35 Democratic The Congo
49 Kokob Habesha
48 WUA South Sudan
North Sudan
16 Damn Hungry
26 Bangladesh
36 Philippines
50 Umoja Congolese Food
Bao Brothers
17 Tapas Market
27 Slow Food Hunter Valley
37 Indonesia
51 Hazara
Torres Strait
18 Peru
28 Yan’s Asian Caterer
38 Iran
Aboriginal Australia
19 South Sudan
29 Maitland Your Say
39 Vietnam
52 Potatoes 53 Newcastle Unity
20 Tamil
30 Ability Links
40 Kenya
54 Settlement Services
10 Mini Dutch Pancakes
Hot 'n' Tasty Baked in Diversity
International
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Iran
India Population: 1.33 billion
Population: 80 million
Capital City: New Delhi
Capital City: Tehran
Interesting fact India has more people who speak or understand English than any other country in the world.
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Interesting fact Iran has the world’s best caviar and is also the place where pomegranates orginated from.
Kenya
Indonesia Population: 261 million
Population: 47.5 million
Capital City: Jakarta
Capital City: Nairobi
Interesting fact There are more than 13,400 islands in the Indonesian Archipelago.
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Interesting fact English, Swahili and numerous Indigenous languages are spoken in Kenya. Swahili is also called Kiswahili.
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Mauritania
Peru
Population: 4.2 million
Population: 31.9 million
Capital City: Nouakchott
Capital City: Lima
Interesting fact One of the longest trains in the world is found in Mauritania. It measures almost three kilometres long.
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North Sudan
Interesting fact Peru has more than 3,800 different types of potatoes.
Philippines
Population: 41.3 million
Population: 102.6 million
Capital City: Khartoum
Capital City: Manila
Interesting fact Khartoum, means elephant trunk in Arabic and refers to the large bend in the Nile River to the north of the city. 16
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Interesting fact The Philippine Tarsier is the worlds smallest primate.
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Russian Federation
Sri Lanka
Population: 143.4 million
Population: 20.8 million
Capital City: Moscow
Capital City: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo
Interesting fact Russia is the largest country in the world with an area of 17,075,200 square kilometres.
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South Sudan Population: 12.9 million
Interesting fact There are many beautiful natural lakes and waterfalls in Sri Lanka. In fact, the majority of the country’s electricity is hydro powered.
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Tamils Population: Approximately 78 million people world wide
Capital City: Juba Interesting fact South Sudan is one of Africa’s most linguistically diverse countries.
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Interesting fact There are 247 characters in the Tamil script.
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Tibet
Vietnam
Population: 6 million
Population: 22 million Capital City: Hanoi
Interesting fact Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, lies on the border between Tibet and neighbouring Nepal.
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Interesting fact Vietnamese Water puppets are a popular performance art form that dates back as far as the 11th century.
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Torres Strait Population: 2.8 million
Interesting fact Torres Strait was the first place in Australia where Native Title was recognised through the historic High Court decision on Mer Island in 1992. 20
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The Lantern Sculptures Head over to the river bank to view the Yuulangga and Guwiynjarr large feature lanterns floating on the Hunter River. Each of the lanterns have been crafted with the assistance and guidance of members of the Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council. Both lanterns are representations of stories from The Dreaming. These are the feature of the Lantern Flotilla which you won’t want to miss. The flotilla starts with the Riverlights parade leaving from the World Stage at 8.15pm.
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Riverlights Multicultural Festival is proudly supported by
Community Partners
We look forward to seeing you at next year’s Riverlights Multicultural Festival on Saturday 7 October 2017 #MaitlandRiverlights
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