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Yesterday (Saturday), I went to Geelong’s annual Pako Festa event, a gathering, celebrating the colourful multicultural societies that live in harmony within Geelong’s community. These people who have come from all around the world, have taken a giant leap of faith to resettle their lives here in Geelong. There were over 25 different nationalities represent in the glorious parade, and I’ll let my photos below do all the talking today….. I hope there’s not too many photos, but as you can imagine the parade took well over an hour to go pass me !!
Ivor Steven (c)Β March 2020
What a wonderful parade, so colourful, and I imagine it was such a treat to watch. Thank you for sharing these and for linking again to our challenge, always appreciated. π
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Yes it was a wonderful day, and parade was extra special, …xx
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I could pick up the atmosphere from here! π
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So many smiling faces in the one, they actually get a massive crowd of 40,000, on the day πππ
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What a magnificent event. I hope you had fun, Ivor. Thank you for sharing.
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Oh, and bands keep playing, I had my dance and home at 11.00pm πππ
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Great π
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This is wonderful!
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Yes !! a wonderful for me and for Geelong…
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And I am glad you shared it. Wonderful for everyone to see!
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Fabulous photos Ivor they speak for themselves how everyone can live in harmony. Pieces of the world coming together in peace to celebrate community spirit.
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Yes the community harmony overwhelmed me to have joyous tears a few times, πππ
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Yes, I can feel it through your photos. Wonderful to see it in practice and not just talk
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Lovely colors! Looks like an amazing event!
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Thank you Delia, it certainly was a wonderful day, although I spent all day Sunday recovering, it was a long day for me, I started with the parade at 10.30am, and the bands were still and I was still dancing at 11.00pm… ππππΆ
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Aaaah I had so much fun going through all of these pictures! What an amazing event! Thank you for sharing. π
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Thank you Arbie, a truly glorious day, but somehow I was happy and emotional….. I’m trying to write a suitable poem to explain my diverse range of feelings …..xxxππ
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how wonderful and i love parades!
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You would’ve loved this one, you could reach and shake their hands as they were going bye… πππ
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oh, how great!
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OH! What a wonderful, beautiful, colorful, unifying event! π
A reminder that we are all human-beans who need to love, respect, encourage, and support each other! YAY! π
HUGS!!! π
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Yeah !! Carolyn, and I’ve done a follow up poem today, that I’m so very proud of… xxx
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A delightful record
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The photos were only taken on my phone, but I was very close to the parade, and most of came out ok…
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