Edmonton Heritage Festival 2019: Glimpses of Ethnic Cultural Performances

This video contains collection of ethnic cultural performances from Nepal, Indonesia, First Nations, Syria, Arab, Guatemala, Palestine, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Italy, Israel and Cambodia. All these cultural performances were captured on the last day of the Edmonton Heritage Festival. The Edmonton Heritage Festival is one of the largest multicultural festivals in the world. The three-day long heritage festival that honors Alberta’s vibrant cultural heritage and diversity was held at Hawrelak Park, Edmonton from August 3 to August 5, 2019. About 360,000 people attended this heritage festival. At the heritage festival, there were about 25 stages and 70 pavilions representing more than 100 countries (including Nepal). These pavilions served more than 500 ethnic food items from across the world. At the Nepalese pavilion, Lakhey mask dance, along with other ethnic cultural dances were performed for the public free of cost. Lakhey mask dance was performed by local artists from Newa Cultural Society of Alberta (NCSA). Meanwhile, NCSA is a non-profit organization incorporated in April 22, 2013 under Societies Acts, Government of Alberta to practice, promote and preserve Newa culture and tradition in Alberta, Canada. Dr. Hemanta Joshi is the founding president of NCSA.