By Mavis Paintsil, School Junction
Galaxy international school has held it’s annual inter- cultural festival with a call on the global community to embrace diversity as a means of ensuring peace and harmony across the country.
The countries represented included Ghana, Turkey, lndia,USA,UK Uzbekistan, South Africa, La Cote D’Ivoire, Pakistan, lran,Mali, Nigeria, China and Angola.
The festival saw pupils and students of the school in pre-school to Senior High clad in beautiful outfits peculiar to their native countries and display their culture through dance, exhibition, singing and delicacies.
Also present were parents and their wards, students and friends.
Speaking at the event, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Adentan constituency, who chaired the ceremony, said every child knew the family around him or her when born, therefore an opportunity like the cultural festival could broaded their horizon.
He condemned the conduct where some families had gradually given up their dialect to speak only English language with their children and also called on all to back to their roots and basics.
The MP commended Galaxy International school for the beautiful display of varied cultures and promotion of harmony among nationals and encouraged other schools to emulate the example.
Mr Mehmet Akmermer, who is the Managing Director (MD) Galaxy international school, has advised learners at the school to be curious about the world, understand and embrace cultural diversity to enrich themselves and promote harmony and development.
Today, we celebrate more than just culture.we celebrate connection, understand, and beautiful mosaic of humanity.
We are gathered here as individuals from different walks of life, each with unique traditions, languages and customs,he continued.
lf we listen closely, we will realize that beneath our differences, our hearts beat to the same rhythm, our dreams carry the same aspirations and our hopes shine with the same light.
The MD stated, imagine a world where only one colour painted the skies, where only one song was ever sung. Wouldn’t that world feel empty, it is the variety of colour, the richness of sounds and diversity of thought that make life vibrant and meaningful.
Our cultures, languages and traditions add beauty to the world: when bringing our food, music, stories and perspectives, we do not erase our uniqueness:we enrich one another.
lt is in our differences that we find strength and it is through unity that we find harmony.
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