Saturday, October 16, 2010

Dia de la Raza

My fellow Americans at RGBI

Dia de la Raza was a fun school holiday this past week during which we celebrated the cultural diversities amongst our staff and study body here at RGBI!

The morning started out with a procession of the flags from each country while the national anthems played. Then, presentations were given from each country that included videos, folk dancing, songs, poems, and skits. After the presentations, we all filed outside for a grand parade around the school grounds, ending at the circle of flags. Each flag was hoisted while again the national anthems were sung. Finally, we finished the celebration with a big, international meal! What fun!

My friend, Jada, prepares to march in with the American flag.

Here comes Panama!

The students from Chile performed a traditional folk dance and sang a song from their country.

The Honduranians performed a hilarious skit that had us rolling with laughter!

All countries present and accounted for.

Out they go!

Getting ready for the parade.

Our fearless leaders!




Hurray for the red, white, and blue!




Time to eat!


1 comment:

Rhonda said...

Hola, princesa! Looks like you're having so much fun over there! Thank you for sharing all those pics = ) I really do think you'll make a great news reporter! But I guess a Good News Report will be even better! Love and miss you lots!