GLENDALE SET FOR UNITY FEST.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer GLENDALE - The city is throwing its inaugural Unity Fest on Sunday, celebrating Glendale's cultural diversity with food, music and fun at Verdugo Park, 1621 Canada Blvd. The free festival, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., will feature cultural demonstrations and cuisine ranging from Danish pastries to spicy Thai noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , said city spokeswoman Zizette Ayad. ``Visitors will be invited to wander through international villages enjoying food, entertainment, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. from all around the world,'' Ayad said. Six ``villages'' will feature exhibits from many of the cultures represented within Glendale, Zizette said, including Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Korea, Japan, India and the Philippines. More than 60 vendors and exhibits will be the scene, with ongoing music and performances from the main stage, including mariachi mariachi Traditional Mexican street ensemble. The performer, the musical style, and the musical ensemble are called mariachi. Mariachi music emerged in the late 1700s or early 1800s. and Thai classical dancing. The event was planned by the Citizens Memorial Advisory Committee, formed after a controversy erupted about whether the city should lower its American flag to mark the Armenian Genocide  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . The committee hopes to
make the festival an annual event, memorializing cultural atrocities and
celebrating Glendale's diversity.
Last spring, the committee held a series of events about ``man's inhumanity in·hu·man·i·ty n. pl. in·hu·man·i·ties 1. Lack of pity or compassion. 2. An inhuman or cruel act. inhumanity Noun pl -ties 1. to man,'' intended to educate people about the atrocities of the past, including the Armenian Genocide, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Eve Rappoport, the community services supervisor. The Unity Fest is meant to show the positive effects of diversity, Rappoport said. ``We want this to be an enjoyable way to spend the day, where people learn things about other cultures and realize the similarities of the different cultures, but also appreciate the unique differences, and that they feel good about being a part of Glendale.'' Glendale, which has about 200,000 residents, is about 25 percent Armenian, and has large Latino, Korean and Filipino populations. Fewer than one-third of students in the Glendale Unified School District The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. speak English as a first language. |
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