MOORPARK COLLEGE HOSTS MULTIETHNIC CELEBRATION.Byline: Daily News MOORPARK -- The 16th annual Multicultural Day at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. included everything from what the Bible teaches us about nutrition to the history of the boomerang boomerang (b  `mərăng'), special form of throwing stick, used mainly by the aborigines of Australia. .
The event focusing on diversity was held Wednesday to promote global understanding through presentations and performances about various cultures and arts. Vendors offered ethnic foods. Some faculty members allowed students to attend several of the events in lieu of going to class. Local kindergarten-through-12th-grade schools, as well as nearby colleges, were invited to bring their students to see and hear music, dance, drama and lectures. Among dozens of attractions, the events included lectures on Chumash culture, a film about a Japanese-internment camp, a lecture on the Harry Potter books, demonstrations by drummers and martial artists, along with flamenco dancing and Cajun music
Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada. . CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) African masks, hand carvings and other handmade items were among those offered for sale during the Multicultural Day event Wednesday at Moorpark College. (2 -- color) Henna henna, name for a reddish or black hair dye obtained from the powdered leaves and young shoots of the mignonette tree, or henna shrub (Lawsonia inermis), an Old World shrub of the loosestrife family. artwork is applied to the hand of a visitor during Multicultural Day on Wednesday at Moorpark College. Students at Moorpark and from other schools in the area were invited to join the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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