By Staff
August 1st, 2019
BURLINGTON, ON
The Good News: The annual One Burlington celebration is on again this year. The bad news is that it does conflict with the Joseph Brant event at LaSalle Park.
The costumes are bright, the energy from the dancer is incredible.
ONE BURLINGTON is in Burlington’s Central Park on Civic Holiday Monday August 5; Noon to 4pm at the Central Park band shell on New Street at Drury Lane
Their faith, their culture and their dress are parts of this community that we know very little about. The event is an opportunity to meet them and to hear what they have to say – and give them an opportunity to meet us.
ONE BURLINGTON consists of representatives from the many faith communities serving the Burlington area. The impetus for the first event in the summer of 2017 was the Quebec City mosque shootings in January that year. They also held an event in 2018.
The shootings in the Pittsburgh synagogue in in 2018 and in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques in in March this year show that faith-related violence remains a major concern.
People from a number of different faith and cultural organizations will be taking part in the event.
Their purpose is to celebrate faith and culture by hosting an annual celebration to encourage people from diverse faiths to get to know each other better and thus discourage hate-related violence.
The theme this year is “Embracing Diversity”. It will be an embracing occasion with dancers on the stage – you will see and hear music you won’t see anywhere else in the city.
This is a great event last year was very much entertaining with nice information, delicious ethnic food, cultural performances, children activities and you can spend the four hours without feeling the time as you are enjoying every moment.
Thanks for letting me know of this very interesting looking event.
Lots to see and do in our fair city in the summer. We are hoping that eager Burlingtonisns will attend both Civic Holiday events.