Ethnic dancing, Irish jigs and football the highlights of Harmony Day celebrations

This year’s Harmony Day Fiesta will be held on Saturday (17 March) from 4pm to 8pm in the Civic Square Southcourt area.

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said food from across the globe will a major drawcard on Saturday.

“When communities come to Orange from across the world, they bring the richness of their culture to share, and a good example of that diversity is food,” Cr Reg Kidd said.

“Orange is a much more interesting place for our brilliant range of international restaurants and diverse food.”

“On Saturday we’ll be able to celebrate that diversity by tasting delicacies such as Singaporean Biriyani, South American Empanadas, Nepalese dumplings, Indian dosa, Irish Stew and Japanese-inspired Asian dumplings.

“The opportunity to learn something new at a workshop is again part of the annual Harmony Day celebrations in Orange.”

As well as a display of Cha Cha dancing, people will be able to try their hand at a latin-style salsa dance workshop or a drumming workshop.

The sporting highlight of the event will be on the Friday night (16 March) when local indigenous teams take on multicultural teams from Orange in the fourth staging of the Harmony Cup at the Waratahs Sportsfields at 8pm.

The free event is being organized by volunteers with support from Orange City Council and a grant from Multicultural NSW.

HARMONY: Christian Dietiker, Balaji Chakaravarthy and Julio Cesarr before last year's match.