Harmony Day on the Lake Benalla foreshore bringing cultures together

By Simon Ruppert

Mar 20, 2023

Community: Faryil Khan showing her henna tattoos skills with Acting Senior Sergeant Heidi Twining at Harmony Day Benalla on Saturday, March 18.

Saturday, March 18, was a busy day for Benalla with events going on across the Rose City, including Harmony Day.

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Hosted by the North East Multicultural Association (NEMA), the event is a chance for the many ethnic groups who call Victoria home to show off their homelands customs, food and clothing.

NEMA president Su Ingleton said despite it being a very hot day, and competing with the air show, she was very pleased with how the event went.

“We had about 10 different nations represented,” Ms Ingleton said

“We had the Scots School Albury band, and the Sri Lanken dancers. We also had Greek dancers, the Benalla Irish music group, the Benalla guitar group and an Italian singer, Sebastiano.”