Multicultural fair
Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
An ONU multicultural fair provided fun, flags and flavors for the 300 people who attended the event in King-Horn on Friday night.
There was music, dancing, a cacophony of sounds plus flags from the many nations represented in the student body as well as foods made with recipes from around the world.
Students from 25 nation’s are represented in the student body this year.
Photos:
• Haruka Okui and Nao Hariguchi from Japan.
• AlMahammad Saleh Jassim and wife Fatima AlJumah with children Mahammad, 3, and Ghaida, 6, from Saudi Arabia.
• Shivani Patel of the Indian Student Association (right) applies a henna tattoo to the hand of Kara Stephens
• Benjamin Johns of South Africa plays the chenda drum.
• Three members of Brother to Brother (from left) James Martin Jr., Josh Grant, Mark Niles. James is president of Brother to Brother. Mark is president of the Black Student Union.
• ONU students from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia check out a map of the Middle East.
• Anastasia Spates, an officer of Amnesty International, asks students to sign a petition in support of making Ada a place that welcomes refugees. The group first wants to gain support of the ONU administration before going to Village Council and asking Ada to be a welcoming town. Anastasia has several relatives living in Syria.
• Aline Niyonteze from the African nation of Rwanda.
• Jasmin Garven and Will Sierzputowski of Open Doors, the LGBT organization on campus.
•Do you know what language this is? Can you read it?
Answer: Japanese word for “sunshine.”
• Oshra Gadkar at the display table of the Indian Student Association.
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