By Farah Sadick, Natalia Jamiolkowski
On March 20th, 2023, the World Language Honor Society hosted a Culture Night in Dining Hall South from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. This event gave students the opportunity to share their culture or aspects of a culture that interests them. The culture clubs within the school were invited, and World Language Honor Society members volunteered to research a specific culture, make a poster, and bring in aspects of that culture to share with the school! Examples of things that were brought include clothes, music, dances, food, and more. The cultures that were represented include Italian, Spanish, Albanian, African, Asian, Caribbean, French, Eastern Mediterranean, Indian, German, Greek, Irish, Scottish, El Slavadorian, and Mexican; adding up to a grand total of 15 cultures. The African Culture Club shared their culture through artifacts, food, and clothing. Albania was represented by World Language Honor Society members with food, a dance, and music. The Asian Association Club shared information and had calligraphy with the attendees. The Desi Society Club shared their culture through henna, food, pictures, and videos of Desi culture. The French, Italian, and Spanish Clubs shared their cultures through food. German, Greek, Irish, Scottish, Caribbean, Eastern Mediterranean, El Salvadorian, and Mexican were represented by World Language Honor Society members through food, posters, crafts, and activities. While the entrance fee to this event was $5, students definitely got their money's worth in food and fun. Along with the culture clubs, the DJ club was also invited to this event. Throughout the night, the club shared music from many different cultures and had students dancing during the entirety of the event. Authentic Italian music was also shared through Mrs. Trapani’s father-in-law. Mrs. Trapani’s father-in-law is an immigrant from Italy and has practiced the accordion his entire life. He was invited to perform at the event, and the students loved it. A circle formed around the man, listening to his wonderful music, and Mrs. Greiche and Mrs.Trapani even started doing the traditional Italian folk dance called the Tarantella! After his performance, students asked the musician questions about why he started learning the instrument, how long he had played it for, how difficult it was for him to learn, etcetera. Along with the food the students and clubs had brought with them to represent their respective cultures, the World Language Honor Society supplied food as well. The Honor Society supplied Spanish and Italian foods, such as Spanish rice, plantains, pizza, garlic knots, and more.
This was the first event of its kind at Carey. While the individual clubs have held their own culture nights previously in Carey history, the World Language Honor Society has never hosted an event of this size or with this many cultures represented before. The Culture Night was a huge success for the Honor Society and the students had a great time. In the future, the World Language Honor Society definitely plans to continue this event, hopefully making it a tradition at Carey High School! So, keep an eye out for this event next year!
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