The Whanganui Festival of Cultures on Saturday will showcase a diverse range of performers. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
An award-winning Brazilian samba group, a reality TV show finalist and an address by Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy make for an action-packed Whanganui Festival of Cultures on Saturday.
The festival will also feature cuisine from South Africa, the Middle East, Korea, the Pacific, India and South America in
14 international food stalls and hangi from New Zealand.
Performers from cultural groups as diverse as Vietnamese, Korean and Filipino will join with kapa haka and Bollywood dancers to entertain the crowd at Majestic Square. Stalls will offer information and resources about the various communities in the Wanganui District.
The festival will be held in the War Memorial Centre if the weather is wet.
The Wellington Batucada group will be a star turn. They play traditional samba and performed at the Rugby Sevens Parade 2013. They won best float in Wellington's Cuba Street Carnival twice running.