Sheherazade Belly Dancing Gold Coast
THE GOLD Coast’s inaugural Mother’s Day Multicultural Festival held at the Broadwater Parklands on Marine Parade was a resounding success.
More than 2000 Gold Coast residents and visitors turned up for the day, enjoying a wide range of activities including eyebrows threading, henna tattooing, sand art, crafts for kids, a land train, jumping castle, free face panting, free children’s playground/activities, dance workshops and Tai Chi/Falun Gong workshops.
A small section of the crowd enjoying the entertainment on-stage
Seharum Nusantara, a popular Gold Coast Indonesian non-profit cultural group, organised and managed event.
Event co-ordinator Thia Taylor with Eva Air Sales Manager Phoenix Liu and Shan Ju Lin – President of WHS.
SN spokesperson Thia Taylor said although the weather turned cloudy after lunch it was still a great day.
“I have no doubt we’ll be running it again next year,” she said.
The Homestate Real Estate Group team at the Multicultural Mothers’ Day Festival
Thia said the sponsors of the day deserve a very big pat on the back.
Warung is a very popular Gold Coast startup.
“Eva Air gave us a tremendous raffle prize – a ticket from Brisbane to Asia and back to Brisbane.”
Papua Yospan dance by West Papua Students
Our other major sponsor, the Homestates Group, and local sponsors Warung all deserve a warm round of applause as well,” said Thia.
Free face painting was a big attraction on the day
One of the amazing face painting designs
Other attractions on the day included:
- Balinese Gamelan and Dance
- Korean Community – Dance
- Thailand Community – Dance
- Japanese Dance/Drum – Kizuna Gold Coast
- Southern Cross University – West Papua Dance Group
- Passada School of Afro Latin dance
- Happy Africa Dance – African drumming Workshop
- Mahadewi Dangdut – Dewi Elhakim
- Seharum Nusantara – Dance
- Sheherazade Belly Dancing Academy GC
- French Festival – Can-Can Dance and Musketeers Dance
- Isi Ember Sunny Coast – Indang Badinding
- Showbiz Express – Circus
All-in-all things are looking great for organisers Sehaum Nusantara Gold Coast to build on this year’s success and prepare an even bigger and better Multicultural Mother’s Day Festival in 2018.