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Pako Festa - A Celebration of Cultural Diversity

Yesterday, I spent my day celebrating the Pako Festa with my aunties and cousins. So in-short. Pako Festa is the largest free celebration of cultural diversity in Australia. Coming together in harmony, up to 100,000 people meet to enjoy a smorgasbord of cultural food, folk dancing, the famous Pako Parade, workshops, art exhibitions, films, craft displays, free activities for children and an amazing day of non-stop entertainment.

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This is my first time coming in to such an Event! Last year, I was at the Philippine and couldn't come. But this year, I was invited by my cousin and took that invitation. I have to be early, so i can catch up with others and see the parade. The parade took for about an hour and I took lots of pictures. I have seen lots of countries like:

Serbia

Indonesia

Polska

Philippine

Britain

Maitri

Japan

Nepal

Turkey

Ukraine

Brazil

Afghanistan

Italy

Slovenia

Tahiland

Russia

Croatia

Lithuania

China

Sikh

Hungarian

And so on. Some of them, I couldn't identify it.
SoThe parade started with this opening:

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So me and my cousin had time to walk around. It was a busy street and lots of foods to buy, but unfortunately I only brought 20 dollars with me and only bought takoyaki, it was expensive but it was wort it.

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We found lots different types of Association like:

Geelong sustainability

Polish Community Association

Te Arahina – Geelong Maori Community

Linas- Geelong Lithuanian Dance Group

Geelong Nepalese Association

Mezei Virag Hungarian Dance Group Geelong

Geelong Scottish Dance

Super Maude Percussion Workshop

JADA Geelong

Filipino Social Club of Geelong Inc.

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I really enjoyed the entertainment here! And I would definitely come back next year!

Thanks for reading!

Written by @rjqr2203

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