{"id":92047,"date":"2023-10-02T04:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T17:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=92047"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:22:33","slug":"multicultural-event-back-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/multicultural-event-back-for-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Multicultural event back for spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">LODDON Campaspe Multicultural Services\u2019 Zinda Multicultural Festival is back for another year, showcasing performances, items, food, and more by local communities.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This year, the event will feature 20 group performances, including the Chinese Lion Dancers, Bollywood costume and dance, Hazaragi poetry, Karen bamboo dance, Afghan pop contest winner Navid Forogh, band Son Cuba, Indonesian gamelan music and more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cLots on stage, lots in terms of kids&#8217; inclusivity activities,\u201d said Zinda event manager Jason Newton.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Along with the performances, there will be clothing for sale, henna, facepainting, hair braiding, drumming workshop and more, and traditional cuisine from different countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The City of Greater Bendigo has appointed four ambassadors for the event, and \u201cthe four faces of Zinda,\u201d who will be acting as MCs on the day and running interactive games for the crowd.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The cultural ambassadors for this year are Maha Sein, Thaera O\u2019Brien, Eunmi Cho, and Marlissa Theresia.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While the event is free due to sponsorship, Mr Newton said all donations and money raised from Zinda t-shirt sales will go to Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services for its food care program.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a huge increase in the last 12 months, we\u2019ve gone from 15 families to 64 families so it\u2019s a pretty bit issue,\u201d he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe\u2019re just kind of looking at ways where we can assist that and community members and families that are in need.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zinda Multicultural Festival will be at Garden for the Future on 7 October from 11am to 4pm.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LODDON Campaspe Multicultural Services\u2019 Zinda Multicultural Festival is back for another year, showcasing performances, items, food, and more by local communities.\u00a0\u00a0 This year, the event will feature 20 group performances, including the Chinese Lion Dancers, Bollywood costume and dance, Hazaragi poetry, Karen bamboo dance, Afghan pop contest winner Navid Forogh, band Son Cuba, Indonesian gamelan [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/multicultural-event-back-for-spring\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":92045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-92047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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