Bora Lee (centre), a Humber student who works at the International Centre, helped out at the Festival.
Life Reporter
Humber celebrated its international students with its first annual Fusion Festival last Friday in the Student Centre.
Reema Patel, an ambassador for international students, said she was incredibly pleased with the outcome of the first ever International Fusion Festival.
“We’ve done a lot of work and it took about a month to put together,” said Patel. “It turned out better than expected.”
Jonathan Raymond, who was part of a steel drum band that represented Trinidad in the event said the festival is a good way for students to express their different backgrounds.
“It’s a good way to show off you’re culture and talents. I only wish there was more of a variety”.
Most of the performances came from Punjabi students. An international business student from Indonesia, Puti Vathia Sardjanto, won first prize for her dance.
“I feel great about the performance, I didn’t expect to win,” said Sardjanto.
“Show off your culture to other countries”, she said. “It shows people something that they may not know.”
With performances representing cultures from Korea to India, Patel is hoping that the success from this year’s first annual Fusion Festival will carry over to next year.