Annual QC World Cultures Festival honors diversity, promotes cultural awareness

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The annual QC World Cultures Festival was held at St. Ambrose University on Sunday.

The festival featured more than 18 countries showcasing their culture with performances, food and tables.

Officials said the event is a celebration that honors diversity and promotes cultural awareness in the community, according to a media release.

“We are living in the era of globalization and I believe that is also important to kinda share our differences and our ideas and our cultures, you know, it is based upon our mutual respect of, you know, respecting other cultures,” Duk Kim, President of The World Affairs Council of the Quad Cities said. “So this is again an opportunity to show and respect and recognize our different diversity groups here in our community.”

The free event was sponsored by the council and SAU International Studies and featured two new groups from Nepal and Sudan this year.