Wood Buffalo Multicultural EXPO going bigger for 2nd year online
CBC
The Wood Buffalo Multicultural EXPO will be hosted online for the second year in a row, but this year it's going to have twice as many performances, a live talent show and a professional videographer.
Ashley Makey, communications coordinator with the Multicultural Association of Wood Buffalo, said this year's event had to be moved online, because of the increase in COVID-19 cases.
The celebration starts Feb.5 and continues through the end of the month.
Last year the Multicultural Association did a virtual expo, where residents could submit videos about their culture, including some who shared recipes, songs or stories.
But this year there are more performers, videos will be recorded professionally and there will be a live youth talent show.
"Some people don't have access to cameras, or the know-how, so we wanted to give them the opportunity that they can still be a part of it," said Makey.
"It's really exciting as we get closer to it."
The talent show will feature pre-recorded videos of the performers, but people will be able to vote live for their favourite performance.
In preparation for the event, a videographer has been recording performances every weekend for the last month.
There will be 80 recorded performances released throughout the month, which will be shown on the Multicultural Association's Facebook and YouTube pages. Last year's expo saw 43 people submit home videos of their performances.
She said it was disappointing that the event wasn't able to go ahead in person, but going online was the right decision.
"We have to keep the needs of the community in check as well."
There will be a treaty acknowledgement video as well, and this year it will be read in 10 languages, including Farsi, Tagalog and German.
Shweta Suthar, who started Divine Group of India, has a group of four girls entering the expo. They're doing a dance called Kathak.
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