Latest news with #MosaicFestival
Global News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Global News
Mosaic Celebrates 55 Years in Regina
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook Regina's Mosaic Festival wrapped up Saturday after three days of cultural sharing through food, dance, traditional activities and more. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The event offered something for everyone and hopes to expand in the future. Click the video link for more.
CTV News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Ukrainian heritage on display at Poltava Ukrainian Pavilion during Mosaic festival
The Poltava Ensemble performs at the Poltava Ukrainian Pavilion, part of the annual Mosaic Festival of Cultures. (Gareth Dillistone / CTV News) It was a true display of Ukrainian culture showcased at the first night of the Poltava Ukrainian Pavillion at the Regina Performing Arts Centre The pavilion is part of the 2025 Mosaic Multicultural Festival. Members of the Poltava School of Dance, along with an ensemble and live orchestra, wowed a crowed of attendees with traditional performances. 'There are approximately 35 dancers. Eight to 10 boys and a lot of girls,' said Dion Tchorzewski, the Ambassador of the Poltava Ukrainian Pavilion. 'Our orchestra was actually founded in 1921. We have an orchestra with our organization for over 100 years and it's continued from there,' he explained. Attendees also had a chance to taste some traditional Ukrainian food. 'People come for our food. We make all our own perogies. We start early in the year and we make them every couple of weeks. Thousands at a time. We have our cabbage rolls, some amazing desserts,' Tchorzewski added. Tchorzewski said the festival is great way for residents of Regina to become immersed in the Ukrainian culture. 'I'm just happy to have everybody come, experience the culture with us. Everybody is welcome in Poltava.' One attendee echoed that sentiment. 'I like learning the new culture. I want to try new food. I like doing that, but it's just a good way to bring my culture to Regina and just experience new things,' explained Keyera Santbergen-Newstead. The Poltava Ukrainian Pavilion will be at the Regina Performing Arts Centre all weekend long with performances running every hour.
CTV News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Regina's Mosaic in full swing, all about ‘shared experiences'
WATCH: Jacob Carr tells us what you can expect as Mosaic: A Festival of Cultures returns for another year. Volunteers were busy preparing for the festivities of Mosaic on Thursday, as they put together last-minute preparations for the annual event. The multicultural festival opened to the public at 5 p.m. on Thursday, and the Hispanic Pavilion, located inside of the Queensbury Centre, is encouraging festival goers to take part in the Hispanic culture this year. 'You're going to be a part of it too, we're also honouring our ancestors because this what we are,' said Hispanos En Regina president Cynthia Kalina. 'We want to show our culture, our heritage. So, we are encouraging everybody to bring a picture or dress up with your favourite soccer team. If you have ancestors who passed away and were fans of soccer, just come and bring their picture. We're going to post them on special displays around our pavilion.' Also inside the Queensbury is the Spirit of China Pavilion, where Frieda Levasseur has been volunteering for multiple years. 'I got into it because of Barb Dedi, who was a firm believer in multiculturalism, and promoting it, and trying to get people more aware of multiculturalism. So, I worked with her over the years at a few events and ended up here with Nelson.' Nelson Eng is the chairman of the Chinese Freemasons of Regina Chapter and started the Spirit of China pavilion. He says without the work of volunteers like Levasseur, keeping the pavilion open would be impossible. 'I've got lots of people helping me. Before having friends, I couldn't have success. My friends and family, before them I couldn't do this all by myself. These ladies do a really good job.' In Levasseur's eyes, Mosaic comes down to sharing experiences and learning about new cultures and the diversity housed within Regina. 'I think the sharing of the cultures for everybody in Regina and all the visitors that come. I think that's an important thing. I think it's a step forward for everybody to share what they know from their culture. And how else do you get the word out if you don't meet these people, right?' The cultural festival is open through Saturday and has 15 pavilions spread throughout the city.
CBC
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Regina sisters embrace Ukrainian dancing at Mosaic and Japanese language at home
This story is part of a series from CBC Saskatchewan featuring four stories from the 15 pavilions that are part of Mosaic 2025. For more, visit our Mosaic home page. When audience members watch the Ukrainian dancers at this year's Mosaic festival, they may be forgiven for assuming that the dancers all speak just English or Ukrainian. But Kiko and Maya Malnyk have the heritages they've inherited from both their parents — learning Ukrainian folk dances from their father's side and speaking Japanese with their Japanese-born mother. "I sometimes think that maybe I'm a little bit special …because not a lot of people are just part Japanese and part Ukrainian," 11-year-old Kiko said. That's something their mother said she tries to get her two daughters to understand and appreciate. "I just keep telling them that they're lucky. They're just lucky that they have so many opportunities to learn," said Izumi Kanayama, adding they get to grow up in Canada and try things like Ukrainian dancing, but also get regular opportunities to visit her own home country of Japan. The girls' father, Chris Malnyk, has also seen how diverse the Ukrainian dancers are, bringing together people who don't necessarily have Ukrainian ethnicity or background. "There's quite a few people from Japan who are involved in it, at least three families," said Malnyk, adding that he could hear Japanese spoken at rehearsals at times. "It's really kind of unique and not what I would have expected going to a Ukrainian dance school. It's been multi-ethnic." A blending of cultures Kanayama was born and raised in Japan before coming to Canada in 1995 to learn English and staying on to study economics. It was at the University of Regina that she met her husband through mutual friends. She exclusively speaks Japanese with her daughters so that they can communicate with their Japanese grandparents and extended family. "When they were little, I was just speaking to them in Japanese only. So we didn't do much writing or read that much, but then they just picked it up," Kanayama said. In addition to their Ukrainian dancing, both girls attend Japanese language classes on Saturdays, and even sit to eat meals at a kotatsu, the traditional low table. "We usually eat traditional Japanese food," said Kiko. "I really like it." Both parents feel that their children are fortunate to be able to see and embrace both sides of their cultural heritage. Kanayama said she wants her children to see it gives them opportunities other people may not have, and will help them become kind and productive humans.
CBC
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Filipino youth put skills to test as part of decades-old Maharlika dance group
Social Sharing When Kian Gilongos decided to join his local Filipino dance group, he was excited about the opportunity to be part of a family tradition that stretches back four decades. Regina's Maharlika dance group has existed since the 1980s, which is when Gilongos' father first joined the group as a teenager. "Maharlika was a really good opportunity to bring together other Filipinos that had immigrated or had been born here, and it was a really great way of sharing culture, and I decided I wanted to do that too," the 14-year-old said. The youth group features 65 dancers between the ages of six to 27. They've been practising since January for the routines that they'll perform during this year's Mosaic festival, June 5 to 7. The energy is palpable during rehearsal, the excitement reaching a fever pitch for the tinikling dance, which sees older dancers deftly step and hop over moving bamboo sticks. Gilongos describes the dance as "exhilarating." "There's just so many things that could possibly go wrong, right? Somebody could clap off, somebody could take a step wrong, and it's truly stupefying to see all of this happening and working together." WATCH | Filipino dancing a family affair: Filipino dancing a family affair 5 hours ago Duration 1:43 Kiam and Dara Gilongos are following in their father's footsteps by dancing in Regina's Maharlika dance group and embracing their Filipino roots. Last year at Mosaic, one of the dancers had a toenail slam into his foot and began bleeding, yet finished out the dance, Gilongos said. It speaks to the level of commitment the dancers have. "The show must go on, right?" The dancers say there's a camaraderie here that they don't get anywhere else — and they take pride in extending that to others who appreciate their culture. Twenty-one-year-old Karyss King is an instructor with the group, and is among the participants who do not have Filipino ancestry. She got involved when Filipino friends, knowing she was a dancer, invited her to check out a practice. She got hooked. "I loved it so much," she said. "I think something to appreciate is just the love that everyone has. You don't have to be Filipino to be a part of Maharlika." She appreciates the challenge of certain dances, including one where dancers balance a glass of water on their heads. However, the tinikling dance intimidated her, especially as a dancer who needs to protect her feet. "When I tried it for the first time, I was honestly horrified, but I was like, 'I can't show that I'm scared,'" she said, adding that dancers begin to lose their stamina as the pace gets faster. "But when you look up and you see your friends around you, it's like, 'I have to keep going. I want to keep going and I'm going to do this dance.'" Participants say visitors will feel the good vibes and energy from the Philippines Pavilion at Mosaic and its close-knit Maharlika dancers.
