Celebrating Diversity

International Festival Aims To Unite Residents

Posted: October 1, 2012

Tonalkoyotl Muniz (left) plays a drum as Ehekathuitzil Ramirez performs a traditional Aztec dance at the 15th International Festival at Hillandale Park in Harrisonburg on Saturday. The festival included food, music and dance from cultures around the world. (Photos by Stephen Mitchell)
Marilou Carper (center) leads a group in a Filipino dance at the festival.
Sunayuna Palikhe models a Nepali sari during an international fashion show at the event.
Rhea Kini performs a Bollywood style dance at the 15th International Festival at Hillandale Park in Harrisonburg on Saturday.
Mario Cervantes, dressed in traditional Aztec attire, plays a flute as a children’s story is read at the festival.
HARRISONBURG — For most of her life, Luz De Tablan read books or watched television shows about the United States.

After years of curiosity, the 76-year-old and her family decided to make the...

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