A bite-sized cultural celebration was held at the Timaru Piazza last week.
Multicultural Aoraki hosted a free, hour-long festival as a way to spread cultural cheer during the recent school holidays.
The festival featured performances from the Chinese Society, the Indian Cultural Group, and the Samoan Cultural Group.
Multicultural Aoraki general manager Nils MacFarlane said the hour-long event was ‘‘just a wee mini-fest for the lunch break’’.
The organisation had been approached by CityTown and Venture Timaru to see if there were any events they would like to hold throughout the school holidays.
‘‘We thought this would be a great thing to do.’’
Roncalli student Krishna Shah, who performed a semiclassical Indian dance as part of a duo, said it meant a lot that people had come along to watch their performance.
She said she was always quick to share her culture and performed in Diwali every year.
‘‘I absolutely love it.’’
For people who had missed the festival, a similar event will be held on May 16 at Heritage Place.
