Fashion show, Afro-show and national cuisine – a cultural week of African countries at RUDN University
For a whole week, students from 28 African communities showed us the culture of Africa. At exhibitions in various buildings of the university, they talked about history and traditions, surprising guests with national cuisine dishes. The week ended with a festive concert and an African fashion show.
“Students have been gathering annually for African Culture Week since the formation of the Association of African Students at the University (ASSAFSTU). Culture Week is an opportunity to show the culture of an entire continent. Although we speak different languages, we are one family and now we live in a common house called RUDN named after Patrice Lumumba,” said Diallo Hava (Guinea), President of ASSAFSTU.
The concert was prepared by the communities of Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda and Equatorial Guinea. The event was opened by an Afro show from a team of drummers. Then the students performed 12 songs and 7 national dances. Vocal and dance groups of Interclub, students from Ecuador and Russia also performed at the concert. The evening ended with a fashion show: students from African countries demonstrated their national costumes.
Anastasia Zhuravleva, 3rd year student of "Journalism".
On a Sunday winter day at the exhibition named “Russia” RUDN University gathered students, partners, colleagues, and organized lectures under the title “We are different! We are equal! We are together!” The event took place in Pavilion 57 on the platform of the Russian Society “Znanie”. And on this day the hall was jam-packed.
The event was attended by more than 350 students from Russia, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The students organized an exhibition of the fraternity, introducing the guests to national dances, treating them to Algerian coffee, Arabic sweets and talked about the culture and history of the people of the country. The week ended with a futsal tournament.
On the eve of the New Year, we are summing up the past 365 days and set new goals for the next year. Whatever we do — study, work or do research — we intend to conquer even higher peaks.