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Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Hello wonderful forum members,


This week (15th to 21st March 2021) is Harmony Week 🎊 🌏

What is Harmony Week, you may ask?

It is a time for all of us to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity in Australia. Australia is one of the most successful multicultural countries in the world, and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it~

Harmony Week is about inclusiveness, respect, and belonging for all, regardless of cultural or linguistic backgrounds. The theme of this year’s celebration is #everyonebelongs

Did you know that nearly half of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was? & since 1945, more than 7.5 million people have migrated to Australia. Wow! 👏 🙌

In celebrating Harmony week, please share with us a dish, item, or activity that represents your cultural background OR is from a place you would like to visit 😊

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Good morning @Mazarita , @Former-Member , @BPDSurvivor , @Appleblossom

My family lines made up with England, Ireland, Scotland and Denmark ancestors who all made their way to settle in Australia in the 1800's

Looking for gold, a new life, away from the famine

Interesting stories I have found out along the way

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Hi @Mazarita - Thank you for sharing with us about St Patrick's Day and the Irish Celtics symbols 🌿 I didn't know about them before! Ireland (especially the Northern Lights) is definitely on my to-go list as well @Shaz51

@Appleblossom the waffles looks yummy! 🧇

@BPDSurvivor Thank you for sharing your ancestry and cultural experiences with us!

My cultural background is Vietnamese. I also grew up eating steaks, ribs, and salads but it would be on the weekends. During the weekday, my family would cook Vietnamese food. I can say that I love both 🌟


Here's a photo of a typical Vietnamese family meal 😋 :

In response to: Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Food can be a wonderful aspect of cultural diversity and inclusion. It will go much deeper, but its a great place to start.

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Hi @Former-Member yes, I was so lucky to have a (totally unexpected) overseas trip at the end of 2019 that included visiting my ancestral places in Ireland, something I never thought would happen in my life. Another stroke of luck was that I got back to Australia just before the pandemic started, and therefore was one of the last group of people to be able to travel so freely overseas like that.

Wow, the food you posted looks so yum! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Those images are lovely @Mazarita- & I'm really curious- if you're comfortable with sharing, what makes that symbol so meaningful for you?

All the food looks great as well! @Appleblossom @Former-Member

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

Hi @TideisTurning

The symbol is a Triquetra, also known as Trinity Knot. There are various interpretations of the meaning, all related to the commonality of the number three in different spiritual and religious concepts and practices throughout history (such as the Holy Trinity in Christianity, and the Three Goddesses in paganism).

The Triquetra is comprised of a continuous loop shaped to form three loops intertwined. The most meaningful interpretation to me is: heaven, earth and underworld all being intertwined aspects of life, and all necessary to our existence.

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Re: Let's Celebrate Harmony Week! (15-21 March 2021)

That's really cool @Mazarita! Thanks so much for sharing and enlightening me 😊

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