Entertainment
1 August, 2024
Spotlight on Colombia
THE Colombian Independence Day festival last weekend exceeded the expectations of organisers with more than 90 people busting out their best moves to the beat of Colombian traditional tunes.
Delicious traditional snacks, cold and frothy beers, live traditional music and lots of dance made for an exciting night at the German Club Cairns last Saturday where over 90 people gathered to celebrate the Colombian Independence Day.
Festival organiser Carolina Contreras said the event was better than they had hoped.
“I think this is the best festival we’ve ever held,” she said.
“We finally had 93 people attending the event and the food sold out, the bar did extremely well in sales and people were really enjoying the night,” she said.
“One of the highlights of the night were the raffles. People stayed until the end just to get their hands on the prizes and they had a lot of fun with it.
“The band Amazonas was another highlight.
“They managed to get people really excited and running to the dance floor and, when the dance performers included the audience in the performance, everyone got excited.”
Ms Contreras said the festival had achieved its goal of introducing people to Colombian culture and promoting unity among all communities.
“We had a lot of people that weren’t Colombians or Latin Americans celebrating with us`. It was very encouraging to see them exploring and learning about the customs and ways of celebrating in Colombian culture,” she said.
“I think when people feel included is when things go best and that’s what we achieved.
“It was a very satisfactory experience for me being the first time I organised the event because people were having fun and enjoying themselves.”
