Carrousel of Nations hits Leamington

The annual Carrousel of Nations made its stop in Leamington on the weekend with villages set up on Friday and Saturday evenings.

On Friday, June 23, the Leamington Roma Club played host to the Italian Village, complete with bouncy castles, youth soccer games, bocce, live entertainment and tons of Italian cuisine.

On Saturday, June 24, the Leamington Lebanese Club hosted both the Lebanese Village and the German Village on behalf of the Rhine Danube Club. Both Saturday villages featured entertainment and traditional dance as well as the cuisine both countries have become famous for.

The previous weekend, 22 other carrousel villages celebrated their diversity throughout the city of Windsor.

The award-winning multicultural festival has been celebrating diversity in Windsor-Essex County since 1974.

Manning the prosciutto slicer and olive bar at the Roma Club were Kevin Black and Mike Sabelli.

Youth soccer proved popular at the Roma Club on Friday evening.

The Italian Choir of Leamington was on hand to serenade visitors as they entered the Roma Club.

Charbel Saba provides the beat and lead for some Lebanese dance.

Paul Taouil, manager of the Lebanese Club is sporting traditional clothing, while Anna Marie Bewsher is wearing traditional German attire.

The Leamington-based villages for the Carrousel of Nations were filled with entertainment and food. In the top photo, fruit and vegetables were just the beginning of the food available at the Roma Club on Friday evening. A trip inside the club provided visitors with plenty of traditional Italian cuisine. In the middle photo, Renee Thompson and Bella Nohra serve baklava at the Carrousel of Nations Lebanese Village on Saturday. In the bottom photo, Justin Sayers serves up some schnitzel at the German Village of the Carrousel of Nations.