Celebrating Diversity at Multicultural Night

Balkaran Warraich

Falisa Aujla (11), Ashima Bawa (9), Dasnoor Kaur (10) dancing at Multicultural Night

On March 2nd, Gainesville High School’s Multicultural Club held their third annual Multicultural Night. Like previous years, the event featured dance performances, many foods from various cultures, posterboards and presentations about different countries and activities like henna and crepe making. This year’s Multicultural Night shows the significant growth of the event and the club, as the number of performances, food and attendees increased. 

Multicultural Night featured many performances from a variety of cultures, such as a Step Team performance, a Vietnamese fan dance, many Bollywood dances and a Bhangra dance. Many students got the opportunity to showcase popular cultural dances on stage.  

“I feel great getting to represent my culture because there aren’t many ways for me to show my culture at school, so I get to show it at multicultural night when I dance.” Junior Falisha Aujla said. 

Like last year’s Multicultural Night, PRISM performed a variety of dances featuring many dancers. The intricate choreography reflected popular K-Pop dance moves. The group performed five dances. 

“This event was super important to me because we got to debut these new dances in front of a large audience.” Junior Osman Ibrahim said. 

At the event, there were many posterboards and presentations displaying various countries and their cultures, such as Vietnam, El Salvador, and Bangladesh. The posterboards and presentations explained the culture of the country it represented, including things like foods and religion.  

Multicultural Night also had many different food and drink options for attendees to try. There were entrees such as empanadas, curry chicken, Mongolian dumplings and Vietnamese pork rolls. There were also desserts like pound cake, Che Thai, arahya rahman, and alfajores. There were a variety of drinks, ranging from sodas to horchata and chicha.  

“I loved seeing all the different foods and getting to try things I hadn’t ever heard of before.” Junior Valeria Clement said.  

Gainesville’s third Multicultural Night was a hit with attendees and successful for club members. It promoted and represented many cultures that don’t often get the opportunity to shine in a school atmosphere.