{"id":7752,"date":"2021-03-28T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:41:07","slug":"ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/?p=7752","title":{"rendered":"BALLARAT CITY CELEBRATES HARMONY FEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7752\" class=\"elementor elementor-7752\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a337e44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a337e44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a629544\" data-id=\"a629544\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d86a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1d86a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>PR-012-2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a8102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83a8102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-02-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-1024x298.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7754\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-02-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-1024x298.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-02-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-02-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/01-02-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313834b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"313834b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sherlita Hart, President of the Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat (FAABI), expressed enthusiasm as she opened this year\u2019s FAABI\u2019s celebration of the Harmony Festival in Ballarat, some 120 kms from Melbourne.<\/p><p>Harmony Festival, first launched in 2010, is a collaboration between the City of Ballarat and numerous community groups to promote diversity through the sharing of cultural expressions in terms of music, dance, food, story-telling or discussions. It wraps around Harmony Day, the United Nation\u2019s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, celebrated on 21 March.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045538f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"045538f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/03-04-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-1024x349.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7755\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/03-04-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-1024x349.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/03-04-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/03-04-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-768x262.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/03-04-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0d1d72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0d1d72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cCongratulations to the City of Ballarat for this iconic Harmony Festival and congratulations indeed to the Filipino Community for contributing to the diversity of the city,\u201d Consul General Maria Lourdes Salcedo enthused to the audience of Filipino-Australians, representatives of other migrant groups and officials of the City Council. She also rallied community support for the Rizal Park in the City, particularly as this year marks the 160th birthday of Dr.Jose Rizal and the 125th year of his martyrdom.<\/p><p>Of Filipino descent, Frances Salenga is Ballarat\u2019s Intercultural Services Coordinator who said that promoting social inclusion and wellbeing among Ballarat\u2019s migrant communities are key features of the city\u2019s Intercultural City Strategic Plan 2018-2021 \u201cBallarat is the first accredited Intercultural City in Australia,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have significant programs that we have delivered that are marked as best practice of which we are very proud.\u201d<\/p><p>The city also boasts of the Multicultural Ambassador Program, which aims to enhance community awareness and social acceptance, foster leadership in the multicultural and indigenous communities and highlight the positive contributions of migrants and indigenous Australians to Ballarat.\u00a0<i>END<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b225e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3b225e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/05-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7756\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/05-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest.jpg 640w, https:\/\/melbournepcg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/05-ballarat-city-celebrates-harmony-fest-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR-012-2021\u00a0 Sherlita Hart, President of the Filipino Australian Association of Ballarat (FAABI), expressed enthusiasm as she opened this year\u2019s FAABI\u2019s celebration of the Harmony Festival in Ballarat, some 120 kms from Melbourne. 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