On Monday, November 7, the Student Union Building’s atrium became a stage for international students to share their culture as the kick-off of International Education Week. The event welcomed students with tables of free foods from various cultures, including Japanese sushi, Turkish falafel, and Indian samosas, to name just a few of them.
With plates full of these foreign goodies, students enjoyed the second aspect of the event: performances prepared by UFV students. The performances were as diverse as their performers, ranging from a robot dancer, who launched the fun while promoting the hip-hop club, to a group of Japanese students dressed in traditional attire, giving the audience a bit of insight into Japanese ways of life. One of the most standout parts of that performance was the demonstration of sad?, or the “way of tea,” where they prepared green tea in accordance with a traditional ceremony.
The event gave students far away from home opportunities to share part of their homeland with the university community, and the local students to maybe fuel their wanderlust a bit.
