International Day

Last weekend, Woodstock hosted an International Day. Students and staff (but mostly students) set up information booths about their country or Indian state. The event also included many performances and an international food court. My favorite part, as always, was seeing all the national outfits from around the world. Some of the countries represented include: Bhutan, Tanzania, Russia, Nepal, Germany, USA, India, Afghanistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tibet, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, Canada, Vietnam, Mexico, and a few that I'm forgetting.

The Principal introducing a few nationalities that were not represented in the info booths. Right to left: Ethiopia, Russia, Mexico, Tanzania (my advisee!), Tibet, and Afghanistan.

There were about a dozen information booths to visit after the performances

Bhutanese students (my advisee in the middle!)

Good ole Americans

And, of course, the Canadians

Tibetan momo stand

The food court in the quad

Here's a sampling of the performances:

Traditional Tibetan Dance

Dance from Northern Thailand

Korean pop dance

Bhutanese dance (with two girls from Mizoram)

Japanese Taiko Drumming

Nepali Song (sung by an 8th grader)

Another Korean pop dance