Alberta Culture Days expo at Portage College showcases local cultures

Chris McGarry Oct 19, 2023 3:08 PM
The artwork of the various cultures who’d made Lac La Biche County their home was also on display during the expo. Shun Li drew many people to his table as he instructed them how to do write calligraphy in traditional Chinese characters. Yesi Burchill and her daughters Hailey and Athena watch as Li does writes some calligraphy in the Chinese language. Chris McGarry photo. ▲
Carrie Froehler, Vice President of People and Culture for Portage College, who is of Norwegian descent herself, was serving up a variety of delectable foods from the Nordic nation, including Krumkake, a Norwegian cookie made from flour, butter, sugar, and cream, as well as Lefse, a type of flatbread. She chats with Keagan Gauthier and Corwin Schieck, members of the Portage College Voyageurs men’s soccer squad who were perusing the various booths and exhibits set up inside the college gymnasium for the Alberta Culture Days Expo, which took place on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 4-7:30 p.m. ▲
There was more than just tasty ethnic food being served at the Alberta Culture Days expo, which took place at Portage College on Thursday, Sept. 28. Sadia Amjad spent much of the evening painting Henna-a traditional form of body art whose origins derive from India and parts of the Middle East-designs for those who were interested, which included Medena Moghrabi. Chris McGarry photo.▲
Riya and Nadia Abougoush, along with Hamman Fayad, proudly represented their ancestral homeland of Lebanon during the Alberta Culture Days expo. Chris McGarry photo. ▲
There were all kinds of ethnic delicacies for people to try at the Alberta Culture Days Expo, which took place on Thursday, Sept. 28 at Portage College. Jeff Jariol, Renee Quizon and Grace Robles of the local Filipino community had a very popular traditional dish on offer called Lechon, which is a skewered whole pig roasted over charcoal. Brenty Kirby, left, stopped by to get a sampling. Chris McGarry photo.▲

Oops.

We'll call this series of photos from three weeks ago a "Cultural Catch-up" as it seems we missed posting it to our website the first time around.

Our reporter Chris went to the Portage College Culture Days Expo that ran in conjunction with Alberta Culture Days at the end of September. We just noticed it hadn't been sent to our web-page.  Sorry.

Apologies from the Lac La Biche POST for the over-sight. 

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