2018 Riverlights Cultural Passport

2018

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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Joblink Plus Language Lounge

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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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Curious Legends Riverlights Finale

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Welcome Welcome to the Riverlights Multicultural Festival 2018. Celebrating its sixth season, Riverlights is a dynamic community celebration of cultural diversity and a gathering of the extended multicultural community based in the Hunter.

With over 20 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 20 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.

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World Stage Event Opening Ceremony

4.00pm

Greater Bank Presentation

4.15pm

Rutherford High

4.20pm

The Marvelous Dance Group

4.25pm

World Fashion Show

4.35pm

Perform Ability

5.05pm

The Marvelous Dance Group

5.20pm

Community Performances

5.30pm

Interactive Drumming Circle

7.30pm

Riverlights Parade

8.30pm

Riverlights Stage

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Tenambit Play 2 Learn

4.00pm

Nillo Infants School

4.10pm

Linuwel School Gamelan Orchestra

4.25pm

Sankha Ridma Dance Ensemble

4.40pm

Chakras Performing Arts

5.00pm

The Rio Dance Company

5.45pm

Bakoomba

7.00pm

Global Kitchen Congo - Nagi Nagi with Fried Fish

4.00pm

Mexico - Tacos Dorados con Salsa

4.45pm

Bangladesh - Puli Sweet Pastry

5.30pm

Korea - Korean Pancake

6.15pm

Aboriginal - Foraged Native Greens

7.00pm

India - Pao Bhaji

7.45pm

Joblink Plus Language Lounge Stop by the Joblink Plus Language Lounge, learn a new language and be a part of the short film that captures the many different ways to say ‘hello’.

Filming 4.00pm to 7.00pm.

Philippines and Tamil

4.00pm

Japan and Syria

4.30pm

South Sudan and Indonesia

5.00pm

Kenya and Korea

5.30pm

North Sudan and Tibet

6.00pm

Congo and France

6.30pm

Russia and Esperanto

7.00pm

Esperanto

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Free Food Tasting at Cultural Villages

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North Sudan Korea India

4.30pm - 5.00pm

France Afghanistan Kenya

5.00pm - 5.30pm

China Russia Syria

5.30pm - 6.00pm

Japan Bangladesh Tamil

6.00pm - 6.30pm

Philippines South Sudan Indonesia

6.30pm - 7.00pm

Afghanistan (Hazara) Tibet

7.00pm - 7.30pm

Vietnam Congo Ethiopia

7.30pm - 8.00pm

Free Activities Pop in to the Instrument Making tent and make your own drum that you can play in the Riverlights Parade.

Totem poles often represent the experiences or the stories of the people that create them. Head to the Riverbank and help paint and create our Riverlights Tyre Totems.

Get creative with Greater Bank and make and decorate your own lantern that will be floated on the river as part of the spectacular finale.

Instrument Making

Greater Bank Lantern Making

Totem Poles Art Project

4.00pm 8.00pm

4.00pm 7.00pm

4.00pm 8.00pm

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Afghanistan (Hazara Hunter Community) Population: 2.8 million Capital City: Kabul Interesting fact Hazaras speak a dialect of Persian known as Hazaragi, notable for its relatively high number of Mongol and Turkic words.

Stamp here

Afghanistan (Hunter Afghan Community) Population: 34 million Capital City: Kabul Interesting fact New Year is called Nawroz and is on the first day of Spring around 21 March.

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Stamp here

Bangladesh Population: 160 million Capital City: Dhaka Interesting fact The Royal Bengal Tiger is the national animal.

Stamp here

China Population: 1.38 billion Capital City: Beijing Interesting fact Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the snow.

Stamp here

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Democratic Republic of The Congo Population: 79 million Capital City: Kinshasa Interesting fact The people of the DRC represent over 200 ethnic groups, with nearly 250 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country.

Stamp here

Ethiopia Population: 102 million Capital City: Addis Ababa Interesting fact The legendary Ark of the Covenant, the relic said to hold the 10 Commandments, is claimed to be housed in a church in Ethiopia.

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France Population: 66 million Capital City: Paris Interesting fact On April Fools Day, children try to secretly hang a paper fish on peoples backs.

Stamp here

India Population: 1.33 billion Capital City: New Delhi Interesting fact 70% of all the world’s spices come from India.

Stamp here

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Instrument Making

Riverlights Stage

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Cooking Demonstrations

World Stage

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Hunter River Dragons

12 France

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CafĂŠ Camino

13 Afghanistan Hazara

23 Get Loade

Emmy’s Turkish Gozleme

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North Sudan

15 South Sudan

25 India

Philippines

16 Arepa

26 Japan

Bao Brothers

17 Vietnam

27 Schillykick

Bangladesh

18 Tamil

28 Joblink Pl

Curious Legends

19 Korea

29 Greater Ba

20 Russia

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10 Mini Dutch Pancakes

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Lantern Making

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The Congo

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Language Lounge

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Cultural Villages

Collaborative Art

Community talls

Lantern Flotilla

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41 TAFE NSW 42 Silk Road

31 Newcastle Unity in Diversity

43 Shams Afghan Kebabs

32 Sauerkraut Sisters

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45 Bangladeshi Street Food

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34 Syria

46 Erica’s West African Kitchen

35 Afghanistan

47 Ahmad Alberri

36 Indonesia

48 Umoja Congolese Food

Pastries & Sweets

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49 Ethiopia

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38 Hot n Tasty Baked Potatoes

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51 NSW Police Force

Your Say

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52 Esperanto Federation of NSW

Services/Hunter Prelude

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Indonesia Population: 261 million Capital City: Jakarta Interesting fact The rainforests of Sumatra and Kalimantan are the only places on earth where tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants live together.

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Japan Population: 127 million Capital City: Tokyo Interesting fact There are 4 different writing systems in Japan; Romaji, Katakana, Hiragana, and Kanji.

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Kenya Population: 48 million Capital City: Nairobi Interesting fact The “Big Five� animals can all be found in Kenya. These animals are rhinos, leopards, lions, buffalo, and elephants.

Stamp here

Korea Population: 50 million Capital City: Seoul Interesting fact Seoulites get the least amount of sleep of any residents of major cities in the world, just fewer than 6 hours a night!

Stamp here

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North Sudan Population: 41.3 million Capital City: Khartoum Interesting fact Khartoum, means elephant trunk in Arabic and refers to the large bend in the Nile River to the north of the city.

Stamp here

Philippines Population: 102.6 million Capital City: Manila Interesting fact The Philippine Eagle is the largest eagle in the world.

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Russian Federation Population: 143.4 million Capital City: Moscow Interesting fact Russia passes through nine different time zones.

Stamp here

South Sudan Population: 12.9 million Capital City: Juba Interesting fact South Sudan is one of Africa’s most linguistically diverse countries.

Stamp here

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Syria Population: 18 million Capital City: Damascus Interesting fact Damascus was a major point on the silk road from Asia and gave the name to the woven fibres known as damask.

Stamp here

Tamil Population: Approximately 78 million people world wide

Interesting fact The Tamil language is one of the oldest languages dating back to 1500 BC.

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Tibet Population: 6 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.

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Vietnam Population: 22 million Capital City: Hanoi Interesting fact Vietnamese Water Puppets are a popular performance art form that dates back as far as the 11th century.

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Curious Legends Riverlights Finale Before this land was known as Maitland, the Wonnarua people lived here. They still live here today.

‘Beginnings’ shares their lore of the dreamtime, before this land was the Hunter as we know it. Soaring birds and giant frogs combined with shadow puppets and floating rafts create a modern day retelling of an ancient story.

What happens when one greedy frog drinks up all the water?

A collaboration between Curious Legends and Wonnarua people, ‘Beginnings’ shows us where it all began. Audience participation in the performance is welcome. Grab a lantern from the Curious Legends table to be part of the parade and performance.

‘Beginnings’ is a collaboration between Curious Legends with Joanne Nelson, Uncle Warren Taggart, and John Robinson.

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Riverlights Multicultural Festival is proudly supported by

Community Partners

We look forward to seeing you at the next Riverlights Multicultural Festival on Saturday 13 October 2018 #MaitlandRiverlights

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