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By Caitlin Van Dusen

Brooklyn’s multicultural festivals present the deep diversity of our borough, and bring out the Brooklyn pride in all of us. Borough president Eric L. Adams believes that our diversity is our strength, and his annual International Day of Friendship brings diverse cultural practitioners to together to share their traditions and invoke a sense of unity among all Brooklynites. Brooklyn Arts Council will present cultural performances at the main stage with the following folk artists: Kaina Quenga will teach and performance the Hawaiian Hula dance, regional dances of Georgia with Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Company, the Egyptian Whirling Dervish from Yasser Darwish, Aeilushi and Paulom Mistry will teach and showcase the Garba dance form that originated in the state of Gujarat in India, Eva Salina and Peter Stan will sing traditional and traditionally-based Balkan music, Jenny Luna and Dolunay  will perform Rumeli urban folk music of the Turkish people across the Balkans, D.R.E.A.M (Dance Rules Everything Around Me) Ring will present Flex dance—a form of street dance that has evolved from the Jamaican bruk-up found in dance halls and reggae clubs, Salamat Ali presents the connection between Pakistani Poetry and Ghazl songs, and Taino/Dominican singer, storyteller, and folk music researcher, Irka Mateo, will be singing in the salve genre, a call and response type of sacred singing dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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