{"id":15629,"date":"2018-03-21T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15629"},"modified":"2018-03-19T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:23:59","slug":"camosuns-cultural-showcase-comes-back-to-educate-and-dazzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/03\/21\/camosuns-cultural-showcase-comes-back-to-educate-and-dazzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun\u2019s Cultural Showcase comes back to educate and dazzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun College is no stranger to events from different cultures; the college\u2019s annual Cultural Showcase is no exception. The event gives Camosun students from all over the world a chance to educate and present their culture to a large audience.<\/p>\n

Second-year Mechanical Engineering student Djibril Diallo says that the festival, which has been running for almost a decade, mostly consists of international students working together to show off their countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe showcase is organized with the help of Camosun International, but it\u2019s mostly organized by us, the international students,\u201d says Diallo. \u201cOne day about 10 years ago, the international students were like, \u2018Why don\u2019t we have a talent show to share all of our cultures?\u2019 This is the eleventh edition of the show, but we usually don\u2019t count the first one, since it was not really organized well. After that, Camosun slowly started to take over, and slowly they made it an annual event.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Students at a previous year\u2019s Cultural Showcase event; this year, the college is putting on the showcase at the Lansdowne campus on Friday, March 23 (photo by Camosun College A\/V Services).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Second year Associate of Arts and Psychology student Ariel Chau says that the students are all involved in different ways. Chau is a performance coordinator for the showcase and keeps all of the performers up to date on what\u2019s going on with the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job is to be in contact with all the people who are interested in performing at the showcase. I send them emails and ask them to come to rehearsals, set up their shows at the official showcase, and I also talk to them about what exactly their performance is. What their song is, what the meaning is, and what and where it represents are all important,\u201d says Chau.<\/p>\n

Chau feels that it\u2019s important that Camosun has events like this because of its large international student population and because it helps make the learning environment more positive for everyone. She also says that sometimes a student blends their culture in with everything else when they come to Canada, so this showcase gives them a chance to proudly show off who they are and where they come from.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents have come from their countries and they bring their stories and culture with them. Sometimes, when they come to Canada, they blend in with everyone else here and sometimes don\u2019t get a chance to show their culture,\u201d she says. \u201cWe think it would be nice to give them the opportunity to show off their culture and explain, \u2018This is how we sing, this is how we dance, how we dress, and how we appreciate traditional things in our country.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Diallo echoes that mindset and says that part of the goal of the event is to help people open up and be exposed to different cultures that they may not have had the chance to see otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s an easy show to access, it shows talent, so it keeps people entertained. It\u2019s also a very easy way to educate people about the diversity around them,\u201d says Diallo. \u201cOnce you expose people to diversity, it automatically changes how they look at things. They change because they are seeing something that is different, but something that is beautiful, and that\u2019s how we believe that minds should open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cultural Showcase
\n7 pm Friday, March 23
\nFree, Young 216,\u00a0Lansdowne campus,\u00a0Camosun College
\ncamosun.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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