A.C.C. hosts annual Cultural Day

November nineteenth is one of the stars on the local cultural calendar. Today one city school used the occasion to promote the melting pot of ethnicity that puts the “Belize” in Belizean. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports.

Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting
Today the students of Anglican Cathedral College took off regular classes to appreciate Belizean culture. According to school administrators, the Cultural Day is an annual activity for the secondary institution.

Ismael Requeña, Principal, A.C.C.
?The whole idea behind it is to promote Belize in its multicultural way of life. We have presentations from groups up north, from the San Narciso group, we have Miss Leela Vernon here with us and unfortunately we couldn?t get the Chinese to present to us. We also have the Garifuna culture being highlighted, the drumming and the dancing. We also have the foods that we will be sampling and be offering to our students.?

Musical artist Leela Vernon was special guest at this year?s event.

As part of the day?s objective, the A.C.C. students were allowed to wear cultural dresses to school.

Jacqueline Godwin for News Five.

A.C.C. has been hosting its Cultural Day for over sixteen years.