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Friday, August 15, 2008 - 11:56 AM
Global Peace Festival in Washington D.C
By: Behar Godani
On August 9, 2008, members of the KYC-DC joined members of the
Kurdistan Student Organization and other Kurds in the area for the
annual Global Peace Festival in Washington D.C. It is a festival that
helps to facilitate an understanding between the countless cultures
that exist in the area, as well as provide a venue for groups to
perform cultural dances, sing songs, and set up booths that discuss the
origins of their heritage.
Kurdish youth who attended this event also
performed two Kurdish dances for the audience, after which they invited
average Americans to join hands and learn a few Kurdish dances for
themselves.
To their dismay about fifty members of the audience danced
one Kurdish dance and then insisted on doing another. Afterward, the
Kurdish tent was flocked by audience members who simply wanted to ask
questions about Kurdistan and the artifacts that were presented at the
table. Later that afternoon, some Kurdish youth attended the Global
Peace Festival concert.
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