Children’s Festival reflects the success of Australian multiculturalism

The NSW Minister for Multiculturalism, Mark Coure, told the audience at a festival in
western Sydney today where children from dozens of cultural backgrounds danced, sang and
played together, that the state’s greatest asset was its people.

“Today’s celebration and the diversity we have are wonderful examples to the rest of the
world of what multiculturalism can be and our children certainly are the future face of that
success.

“We have successfully settled people from 300 different ancestries, multiple languages and
over one hundred religions and today’s festival is a wonderful example of that.

The Opposition Frontbencher and Member for Lakemba, Jihad Dibb, endorsed the Minister’s
words but said we should not forget what our roots are or what are our histories and
traditions.

“The Children's festival”, he said, “reminds us that every single person has a place in our
society”.

The Founding President of the festival now in its 24 th  year, Mr Thuat NguyenAM, thanked
the community for its support over a quarter of a century and said his goal was always: “To
celebrate who and what we are as a wonderfully successful and unique multicultural
society”.

The Children's Festival which was put on hold for two years during the pandemic returned in
June at a successful event in Darling Harbour, Sydney.

However the planned return to western Sydney was again postponed in September because
of continual rain but was celebrated today in grand style in Revesby.

Amongst dozens of performances from across the cultural spectrum, children from both
Ukrainian and Russian communities in Sydney were warmly received by the audience.

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