“YAATRA: A Journey Through the Pearl of Asia” will be held 5-7 p.m. Oct. 3 in Stewart Hall’s Ritsche Auditorium.
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“Sri Lanka is a diverse and multicultural country and is home to many religions, ethnic groups and languages,” Dakshina Jayakody, president of the Ayubowan Sri Lanka Organization. “Sri Lanka has a beautiful history that began almost 30,000 years ago.”
The evening also includes a short presentation and a Sri Lankan dinner as the students highlight areas of the country that are significant to St. Cloud-area Sri Lankans, he said.
The student organization seeks to teach the St. Cloud community about the Sri Lankan culture and serve as a bridge between the various cultures on campus.
Students perform at the 2014 Sri Lanka Night. Photo courtesy of the Ayubowan Sri Lanka Organization
This school year the organization will also be raising funds for Educate Lanka, an organization that connects students in low-income areas with sponsors who help with their education costs and day-to-day needs.
Admission to the event is $5 for students and $7 for non-students.
Cultural festivals are one way the university is providing a transformative educational experience for students to help prepare them to be global citizens at home, at work and in their communities. More than 1,000 students from 90-plus nations attend St. Cloud State, and cultural festivals give them an opportunity to share elements of their culture with the campus community.
