The Aerie, Yearbook of University of North Texas, 2005 Page: 28
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elebration of World Cultures
International Week was
established as an opportunity
for students from countries
other than the United States to
demonstrate and share some
of the individual flavors and
customs of their homelands
with the NT community. This
year's traditional parade of flags,
dance performances and food
samplings were joined by a few
new observances and one very
special dedication. NT shares this
week with the people of Denton
as Mayor Euline Brock and NT
President Norval Pohl opened
the week with speeches honoring
the contribution that NT's multi-
cultural population has made to
the local community.
Tuesday brought some of the
real highlights of this year's
festivities. A Sakura, or Japanese
cherry blossom festival, was
held during the dedication of
a small grove of cherry
blossom t r e e s
recently t planted
near the General
/i
_ im jAcademics Building. The trees
were given to NT by the National
Collegiate Network Foundation
in honor of the longstanding
relationship between the school
and the foundation and NT's
dedication to international
education. That evening, special
guest Pablo Neruda, a Chilean
poet, artist and political activist,
gave a personal recitation of
his poetry at a show of his
photographic works.
Wednesday held some of
the more purely educational
opportunities including two panel
discussions, the "New Hope
For Peace In The Holy Land"
roundtable and a "Why I Chose
Islam" question and answer
session sponsored by the Muslim
Student Association, which
featured two Islamic converts
telling their personal stories of
spiritual growth.
Thursday night saw the
most active celebration and
demonstration with the World
Cultures Performance and
Fashion Festival in the Lyceum
followed by the International
Dance Party, which ran until
midnight.
Friday evening, the NT Opera
Theatre presented "Albert
Herring," an opera by British
composer, Benjamin Britten.
The week ended with the Basant
Kite Flying Festival sponsored by
the Pakistani Student Association
and celebrating the arrival of
spring with brightly decorated
kites flown in the sky. The
day's activities also includedfood and music from India and
Pakistan. That evening saw both
an African Cultural Festival and
"Harmoniemesse" by German
Franz Josef Haydn performed
jointly by Canticum Novum and
the Denton Bach Society.
Among the many cultural
experiences available, food
was one of the most prevalent
and popular. Each day one of
the residence hall cafeterias
featured an authentic regional
menu. Students could sample
Mediterranean, Tuscan and
Chinese cooking throughout the
week. Hillel, the Jewish student
group, also held "Israel Day"
with a Hebrew band and fresh
falafel. The Sakura ceremony
was topped with tables full of
traditional Japanese dishes and
the Baptist Student Union hosted
an international food fair. Over the
course of the celebration, there
was no shortage of international
cuisine to experience.
Nearly 120 countries were
be represented during this
year's events, and those who
participated felt that they had
both shared and learned a great
deal from the organization of so
many great programs.c
Thomas Earthman28 International Week
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