UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, April 21, 1995
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Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
Daphne Ignatius, Malaysia graduate student; Pathmini Ramaya, Malaysia senior; and Helen Gebre-Anlak of Nigeria practice their dance for the International Students Association's 43rd annual Festival of Nations show. The show will be at 7 tonight in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The event is free.
Festival shares world culture
By Eduardo A. Molina Kansan staff writer
Without traveling abroad, the University of Kansas community can take a look at a variety of world cultures represented today in a series of events organized by the International Student Association.
One of the events today is the world expo. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall, the event will educate students about other countries' traditions, said Gloria Kessler, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and president of the association.
"The world expo gives to the whole University community an opportunity to learn more about different countries," Kessler said. "Besides, there is a chance to talk to the people from these countries. Personal contacts help to understand the culture and the people behind the stereotypes."
To achieve this goal, international students and some organization
tions display maps, pictures, handicrafts, original dresses, videos and some may bring food, said Jennifer Beck, Tulsa, Okla., senior, and the association's cultural chairwoman.
"To have concrete things on display stimulates conversation," she said. "This is an opportunity for international students to share part of their cultures with other KU students."
Besides the world expo, the association also celebrates this international diversity with the 43rd Festival of Nations. It is a free show where students from differen*
This year's festival, at 7 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union, features 14 different performances. There will be dances from India, Bolivia, Malawi and Norway and singers from Paraguay and Brazil.
Gloria Kessler Kansas City, Mo., junior
"It is exciting to see different cultures represented through music and dance," Beck said. "People can get an idea of what the rest of the world looks like."
After the festival, the association will have a party at the Brazilian Room in the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Dr. Tickets for
from different countries dance and the party are $4 sing music from their cultures. chased at the door
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