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Freshman Shion Otsuka uses chopsticks to hand out sushi at the Japan table.
Freshman Shion Otsuka uses chopsticks to hand out sushi at the Japan table.
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Multicultural fair recap

  • Junior Tuvshinbayar Batkhurel, writing a student’s name in Mongolian, shares why he wanted to take part in the fair: “I wanted to let people know about my culture, and unite the Mongolian kids in Prospect High School.”

  • Senior Finn Skobel (right) talks with a viewer of the Christianity booth. To the right of her is the prayer board –the notes on which are filled with prayer requests from fellow students– many reading “strength” and “protection.”

  • Freshman Selin Pacev puts traditional vegetable spread, zacusca, on a plate, with fellow Romanian senior, Alexis Muntean-Hapa. According to Pacev, the zacusca has been the most popular food item out of the Romanian selection.

  • Sophomore Frankie Bramwell hands out multiple stickers representing the many flags of the pride community. “I’m glad that we get to tell people to not be ashamed of who they are.”

  • A student at the Turkish booth at the multicultural fair pours a Turkish drink for one of his guests.

  • Junior Khushi Dave performs a mashup of Indian cultural dances and songs with her fellow friends that she created and taught to them.

  • Sophomore Amogh Jadala finishes his performance in a final pose and soaks in all the love from the audience.

  • Senior Toby Kaplan works with the stubborn cheese fountain at the French booth.

  • Senior Efe Ozalp shares his Turkish cologne with visitors at his table.

  • Senior Margaret Schram holds two sticks to help perform a cultural dance.

  • At the Islam booth henna tattoos are drawn on hands and turn out beautifully.

  • Senior Leanna Kewarkis teaches an Assyrian line dance.

  • Teacher Brad Rathe learns how to write his name in Bulgarian.

  • Laughing at the Phillipines booth watching people attempt to try the cultural dance which involves jumping over sticks.

  • The Philippines crew who run the booth, pose for a photo with their infamous dance sticks.

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