Multicultural Night at FPHS

      

Multicultural Night at FPHS was a blast. We saw tons of different cultural dances, cultural poetry, cultural celebrations, and even a cultural eating contest that Valerie participated in. It was called a balut! Wikipedia describes A balut (spelled standardized as balot) as a developing bird embryo (usually a duck or chicken) that is boiled and eaten from the shell. It originates and is commonly sold as street-food in the Philippines. Valerie's friend Peach told me that this is a very common thing to go to the marketplace in the Philippines and as you're shopping to buy two or three of these for a yummy lunch or just one as a treat. Valerie did say after completing the contest,  that it was definately satisfying and tasty. Isn't it crazy how many different cultures that include different food, dance, lifestyles, celebrations and yet we all live in the same small area of Midland, Washington. If anything this night taught me to open my mind to others and their lives, and learn from them. They also had different foods that you could taste and try but by the time Charlie and I got to go get in line most of it was already gone. I was so frustrated that I sent a text to Mark saying that other adults are going through the lines stacking their plates a couple inches high when there wasn't enough food for everyone. His response was that this might be the nicest meal they've had all week, the only meal they've had all week, or the best meal they've had all week. I totally appreciate my husband helping me to remember that there are people in other cultures, in my small world of Midland, that are still in need, that are still hurting, and still hungry. It was a very interesting eye-opening eye-ope, relaxing, rewarding, rethinking type of night. Thank you FPHS for the 2nd Annual Multicultural Night.