Westside Multiculturalism Day, which celebrates Canada's cultural mosaic, has grown significantly since Westbank Museum in West Kelowna launched the event in 2022.
The event is hosted each year by the Westbank Museum in West Kelowna, and has grown significantly since it was created in 2022. This year it’s been moved to Memorial Park to accommodate more people and performances.
“It’s really cool to be able to explore and give people the opportunity to come and experience cultures that they may not have otherwise.”Last year, there were 20 cultures represented at the event. This year there were 30.“It’s a collaborative effort. It’s not just the Westbank museum telling the different groups what to do. It is input from them that’s making the event bigger and better every year,” Studer said.
“We are telling them about our language, our alphabet and we are whatever questions they have.”At the Bibak Okanagan tent, visitors can learn about the Indigenous people of the Philippines who live in the Okanagan. The website for Bibak Okanagan states that Bibak is an acronym for the Cordillera provinces of the country: Benguet, Ifugao, Bontoc/Mountain Province, Kalinga and Apayao.“I am from in the Philippines, the northern part ,” said Brendalyn Belbin, who volunteered her time at the booth.
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