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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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Food Offerings at Riverlights
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Free Food Tasting
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Free Activities
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Cultural Village Information
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Festival Map
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Welcome
Welcome to the Riverlights Multicultural Festival 2018. Celebrating its seventh year, Riverlights is a dynamic community celebration of cultural diversity and a gathering of the extended multicultural community based in the Hunter. With over 28 different cultures represented this year, we welcome you to 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 2018. Use it to explore the performances, workshops, demonstrations and Cultural Villages throughout the Festival. Be sure to visit as many of the 24 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 for your visit. 3
World Stage Event Opening Ceremony
3.00pm
Welcome To Country
3.15pm
Greater Bank Presentation
3.30pm
Citizenship Ceremony
3.40pm
Perform Ability
4.40pm
Woodberry Playgroup
4.50pm
Fashion Parade
5.00pm
Community Performances
5.30pm
Riverlights Parade
8.30pm
Riverlights Stage
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Damian Wright Flamenco Guitar
4.00pm
Athesia Music
5.00pm
Declan Kelly and the Rising Sun
6.15pm
Hector Patricio and Fiesta Viva - Mariachi Quintet
7.15pm
Lantern Flotilla Performance (on the river)
8.30pm
Global Kitchen South Sudan - Sakuma
4.00pm
Tamil - Coconut Rice with Masala Vadai
4.45pm
Japan - Sushi Rolls
5.30pm
Vietnam - Vietnamese Spring Rolls
6.15pm
Aboriginal - Kangaroo and Beetroot
7.00pm
North Sudan - Sudan Ful Medames
7.45pm
Language Lounge How many ways can you say hello? Lounge around on one of the comfy beanbags and learn another language the fun way! You can play one of the many interactive language games on our iPads and discover new words. Russian Federation, Tamil
3.30pm
Tonga, North Sudan
4.00pm
Indonesia, Kenya
4.30pm
Esperanto, Latin America & Spain
5.00pm
Philippines, France
5.30pm
South Sudan, Tibet
6.00pm
China, South Africa
6.30pm
Sri Lanka, India
7.00pm 5
Food Offerings at Riverlights Feeling peckish? We have plenty of food offerings from near and far available at the festival.
The Riverlights Eatery Located at the eastern end of the Riverside Car Park, the Riverlights Eatery is a dedicated food area featuring your favourite local and regional food trucks and stalls serving a wide range of food from across the globe. There is also seating nearby so that you can sit back and enjoy your meal by the Hunter River.
Community Food Scheme Located in The Levee Shared Zone, you’ll find our Community Food Scheme. If you are looking for something unique or that you may not have tried before, this is the place to go. Local community groups will be cooking all their favourite recipes.
Free Food Tasting at Cultural Villages Be sure to pay a visit to our Cultural Villages at the following times to sample a FREE tasting of one their culture’s home delicacies.
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Free Food Tasting at Cultural Villages
Philipines, Japan, China
4.00pm
Sri Lanka, Tibet, France
4.30pm
South Sudan, Tonga, South Africa
5.00pm
Vietnam, Greece, Kenya
5.30pm
Germany, Congo, Russian Federation
6.00pm
Afghanistan, India, Thailand
6.30pm
North Sudan, Tamil, Ethiopia
7.00pm
Bangladesh, Latin America, Indonesia
7.30pm
Free Activities Greater Bank Lantern Making 3.00pm - 7.30pm Instrument Making 3.00pm - 8.00pm 7
Afghanistan Population: 34 million Capital City: Kabul Interesting fact The people of Afghanistan are called Afghans which is different to the currency which is known as Afghanis. People often get this mixed up!
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Bangladesh Population: 160 million Capital City: Dhaka Interesting fact Bangladesh has six separate seasons; Summer, Rainy Season, Autumn, Late Autumn, Winter and Spring. 8
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China Population: 1.38 billion Capital City: Beijing Interesting fact The Great Wall of China is the largest man made structure in the world, stretching an incredible 8,850 kilometres.
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Democratic Republic of The Congo Population: 78 million Capital City: Kinshasa Interesting fact The oldest national park in Africa is the Congo’s Virunga National Park. It is home to rare mountain gorillas, lions, and elephants.
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Ethiopia Population: 102 million Capital City: Addis Ababa Interesting fact Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Emperor, born in 1892 and is worshipped by followers of the Rastafarian movement.
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France Population: 66 million Capital City: Paris Interesting fact France was the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away unsold food. Supermarkets must donate the food to charities. 10
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Germany Population: 82 million Capital City: Berlin Interesting fact Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein have German as the official language.
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Greece Population: 10 million Capital City: Athens Interesting fact Name Days can be a Greek equivalent of birthdays in Greece. You don’t receive an invite, you just turn up.
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Lantern Making
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Cooking Demonstrations
World Stage
Cultu Villag
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Emmy's Gourmet Gozleme
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Crunchy Nuts
13 Mini Dutch Pancakes
24 Curious Le
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Tibetan Food
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Hot 'N' Tasty Baked Potatoes 15 Bao Brothers
26 South Sud
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The Sauerkraut Sisters
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27 Japan
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CafĂŠ Camino
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28 Philippine
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Arepa
18 Bangladesh
29 Tonga
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Gnocchi Gnocchi
19 Newcastle Tamil Sangam Inc 20 Afghanistan
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10 Schillykickk
21 China
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11 Shams Afghan Kebabs
22 Hunter New England and Central 33 Indonesia
9 Nan's Dumplings
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Coast Primary Health Network
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The Riverlights Eatery Food Trucks and Stalls
Instrument Making
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Community Food Scheme
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Language Lounge
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ulticultural ties Inc egends
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Esperanto Federation of NSW
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38 North Sudan 39 Bangladeshi Street Food 40 Spanish Churros
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Newcastle Inc
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Maitland Library and Paint
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Prelude and Northern 55 Hunter Settlement Services
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43 Sri Lanka
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Democratic Republic Including You Accessibility Tent
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India Population: 1.33 billion Capital City: New Delhi Interesting fact 100 million people come to India’s Kumbh Mela Festival, the world’s biggest gathering of humans.
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Indonesia Population: 266 million Capital City: Jakarta Interesting fact There are over 500 dialects and languages spoken in Indonesia.
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Japan Population: 127 million Capital City: Tokyo Interesting fact Japan is made up of 6,852 islands.
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Kenya Population: 48 million Capital City: Nairobi Interesting fact Kenya has some of the most famous middle and long distance runners in the world like Janeth Jepkosgei and Isaac Kiprono Songok.
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Latin America and Spain
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Population: 435 million Capital City: Various
Interesting fact There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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North Sudan Population: 41.3 million Capital City: Khartoum Interesting fact Interesting fact Khartoum, means elephant This is the third largest trunk inin Arabic refers country Africaand (after Algeria and Democratic Republic to the large bend in the Nile of the to Congo) and the 16th River the north of the city. largest country in the world. 16
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Philippines Population: 106 million Capital City: Manila Interesting Interesting fact fact The Eagle is thefrom The Philippine “yoyo” toy originated largest the world. Filipinoeagle wordin meaning “come back”, as a hunting weapon.
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Russian Federation Population: 144 million Capital City: Moscow Interesting fact In Russia there are approximately 10 million more women than men.
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South Africa Population: 55 million Capital: Pretoria Interesting fact South Africa is rich in cultures, therefore has the name Rainbow nation. There are 11 official languages of which Zulu is the most common.
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South Sudan Population: 12.9 million Capital City: Juba Interesting fact South Sudan is the world’s newest country.
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Sri Lanka Population: 21 million Capital City: Colombo Interesting fact Sri Lanka is nicknamed the Pearl of the Indian Ocean referring to it’s incredible natural beauty and extraordinary biodiversity.
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Newcastle Tamil Sangam Inc Population: Approximately 76 million people world wide
Interesting fact The Tamil language has been declared a classical language by UNESCO.
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Thailand Population: 69 million Capital: Bangkok Interesting fact There are about 35,000 temples in Thailand.
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Tibetan Community of Newcastle Inc Population: 7 million Capital City: Lhasa Interesting fact 46% of the world’s population depends upon rivers originating in Tibet including; the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween and Mekong Rivers. 20
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Tonga Population: 110,000 Capital City: Nuku’alofa Interesting fact Tonga is the first country in the world to see the sun rise, greeting the new day.
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Maitland Vietnamese Community
Interesting fact The tortoise is considered a lucky symbol, believed to bring luck and health.
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We look forward to seeing you at the next Riverlights Multicultural Festival on Saturday 12 October 2019 #MaitlandRiverlights
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