Gold Coast’s First Multicultural Mothers’ Day Festival Outstanding Success
THE GOLD Coast’s inaugural Mother’s Day Multicultural Festival held at the Broadwater Parklands on Marine Parade was a resounding success.
More than 2000 Gold Coast residents and visitors turned up for the day, enjoying a wide range of activities including eyebrows threading, henna tattooing, sand art, crafts for kids, a land train, jumping castle, free face panting, free children’s playground/activities, dance workshops and Tai Chi/Falun Gong workshops.
Seharum Nusantara, a popular Gold Coast Indonesian non-profit cultural group, organised and managed event.
SN spokesperson Thia Taylor said although the weather turned cloudy after lunch it was still a great day.
“I have no doubt we’ll be running it again next year,” she said.
Thia said the sponsors of the day deserve a very big pat on the back.
“Eva Air gave us a tremendous raffle prize – a ticket from Brisbane to Asia and back to Brisbane.”
Our other major sponsor, the Homestates Group, and local sponsors Warung all deserve a warm round of applause as well,” said Thia.
Other attractions on the day included:
- Balinese Gamelan and Dance
- Korean Community – Dance
- Thailand Community – Dance
- Japanese Dance/Drum – Kizuna Gold Coast
- Southern Cross University – West Papua Dance Group
- Passada School of Afro Latin dance
- Happy Africa Dance – African drumming Workshop
- Mahadewi Dangdut – Dewi Elhakim
- Seharum Nusantara – Dance
- Sheherazade Belly Dancing Academy GC
- French Festival – Can-Can Dance and Musketeers Dance
- Isi Ember Sunny Coast – Indang Badinding
- Showbiz Express – Circus
All-in-all things are looking great for organisers Sehaum Nusantara Gold Coast to build on this year’s success and prepare an even bigger and better Multicultural Mother’s Day Festival in 2018.