International schools host an "international" event every year. Kids dress in their national costumes, play native games, perform dances and sing songs from their countries. Parents bring in regional foods to share. When I was in Ukraine, the school had an "International Night" so regional beverages were served as well as foods (that was fun!).
Here at my school in Azerbaijan, International Day was on Friday, during the school day, so no beverages. It was a wonderful day, with fantastic performances by both adults and kids: a Korean drumming dance, Indian bridal dance ritual, the singing of the Azerbaijan national anthem, Haka dance from N.Z., salsa and tango, "We Come from a Land Down Under, " on and on.
The ELS dept. ran a games workshop--the M3s/grade 8 kids played bingo in three languages and alphabets. It would have been four if Ling from China hadn't gone on vacation a day early.
Love it!!
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