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Celebration of cultures

A lively and colourful Cultural Awareness Day, with songs, music, dances of many and varied origins including Bangrha and Flamenco, the opportunity to learn African drumming, have a henna tattoo, an Indian head massage or nail art, and dine from a superb international buffet lunch, took place at Wakefield College’s Thornes Park Campus this week.

Various acts and activities during this year’s Cultural Day

The day-long event was organised by the College’s Student Union Executive Team, who received funding from College and Youth Opportunities.

Commenting on the event, President of the Student Union Tasneem Mahmood said “We had a variety of different things going on which everyone thoroughly enjoyed and we are over the moon in terms of how the event went. It is great to see people of different backgrounds coming together to celebrate the diversity that exists at Wakefield College.”

Amongst the guests at this year was The Mayor of Wakefield Councillor Jacqui Williams who was also joined by senior College staff including Principal Sue Griffiths.