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Photo by Deb Gau Students of Lind Public School visited one of the cultural fair venues on Friday to get their passports ready.
LINDO — Flags, colorful streamers, music and more turned a Lindo Public Schools classroom into a celebration of world culture Friday morning.
Elementary school students lined up in the hallway, trying to learn about eight countries from Sri Lanka to the Netherlands.
“Welcome to Brazil!” Braden Rumfelt and Hector Morales greet their group of visitors at the Lind School Cultural Fair. The two middle school students were part of a group that decorated their classroom with cutouts of tropical birds and plants to represent the Amazon rainforest.
Lind School middle school students organized a cultural fair for students from preschool through fifth grade. Groups of students discussed the culture, geography, and food of different countries and guided young students through games and crafts. The children carried their passport booklets with them and collected flag stickers from each country featured on the tour.
The middle school students have been working for about a month to prepare various destinations for the cultural fair.
“We had to choose which country we wanted to do it in.” said J. J. Johnson.
Groups of students worked together to showcase traditional costumes, snacks, and games appropriate to the countries they represented.
“I’m making paper crafts” Olivia Hravka said.
Hravka and Johnson were part of a group of students presenting about Norway. In addition to making Scandinavian-style paper decorations, visiting students also had the opportunity to sample lefse with butter and cinnamon.
Different groups of students chose countries based on their interests.
“Me and Hector are big soccer fans.” Rumfelt said.
Since this sport is popular in Brazil, it was considered a good choice for their group to study.
“We like sports.” Morales said. “And we like the culture and the music.” Rumfelt added.
Sports was also a big part of another group’s cultural fair presentation about Canada.
“One thing we knew about Canada was hockey.” Ian Adelman said. Their group built a tabletop hockey rink and helped students make mini hockey sticks from popsicle sticks.
“We also have ketchup (flavored) chips for food.” Bentley Harrington said.
Foods featured at the fair included roti (a type of flatbread) from Sri Lanka, pretzels and bratwurst from Germany, and a dessert called pudim de leite condensado from Brazil.
“It’s like pudding.” One student said after tasting the dessert:
The junior high school students said, “Presenting at the culture fair was fun.” at the same time, “I’m kind of nervous.” Bryn Stelter said.
The culture fair was an annual event at Lind School, but it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The junior high school students said, “It was fun to revive the event.”
“It was a really interesting experience.” Rumfelt said.
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