The University of Iowa’s annual Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival will be noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 3, in the UI Field House.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature live music, dance performances, craft vendors, sports demonstrations, a variety of cultural foods, and activities for children.
- Live Music: African drumming, Latin jazz, Turkish folk music, and gospel
- Dance: Past performers have included traditional Mexican folk dance, Middle Eastern belly dancing, classical India dances, hip-hop, and Step.
- Arts & Crafts: Vendors offer hand-made goods for sale such as embroidered handbags, festive paper flowers, and hand-knit sweaters.
- Food: Native American fry bread, Hunan Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, Indian, Chinese bubble tea, and American food
- Kid’s World: Crafts, face painting, music, and piñatas
- Sports Demonstrations: Brazilian fighting dance – capoeira, Chinese martial art of Ta’i Chi, Korean Tae Kwon Do, and Japanese Kojokan Samurai sword fighting
Visit the web site at http://ccdfestival.uiowa.edu/index.html for more information and to see a slide show from previous celebrations.