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The reason why I chose this article is because it looked
very interesting to read about another culture. I have never read or even heard
about Indian culture so I felt like this was a good way to start. The article
is about the America India Foundation’s project Our Neighborhood Our World Our
Family (O3), and how the organization is celebrating its one year anniversary. For
the past year the program has educated its members about the origins of the
Punjab and uses many different projects and activities in order to connect the
local Indian Community to the rest of the world. Some of the activities that
take place include theatre performances on Punjabi culture and social issues
and traditional folk dances. In the festival, they include a performance about
the Punjab and India female identity that I thought was very different seeing
as how many people talk about the mistreatment of women in India. It’s nice to
see that not only were adults taking place in the festival, but kids as well. The
students from various schools also did their own works on the issue of gender
equality and how no issue in Indian society should go uncontested. This article
shows the importance that AIE feels to get intercultural interaction and
understanding in order to bring Indian people together. It wants to create
global communities for learning and cooperation because if it is not done the
traditions are bound to be forgotten. Not only does it bring together different
people of the Indian community, it also strives to create better leaders out of
the younger generations.\ and educate them so they can keep the program going.
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