Amid the frantic studying and paper writing of the last week of the semester, students and community members came together for a unique holiday celebration in Frist Campus Center.
The festivities culminated last night with a Winter Festival Cultural Show that included music, dancing and holiday food.
The Religious Life Council sponsored an Interfaith Holiday Exhibit and information table featuring different religious holiday traditions.
"I think its really important to make sure all holidays are acknowledged," said Ellen Horrow '04, an RLC member.
"Members of minority religions can sometimes feel everything is about Christmas. It is important to not only acknowledge but to really celebrate the diversity of different groups and holidays," she said.
Laurie Hall, Frist's assistant director responsible for programs, began the event three years ago and it has grown since then.
"This event just came out of trying to have something different than the normal holiday party," Hall said.
The festivities began at 8 p.m. outside Café Vivian with Chinese Lion Dancing. Drums reverberated through the room and caught the attention of studying students and passersby.
Then, inside the cafe, a variety of groups ranging from Jewish a capella group Koleinu to Indian dancing groups Naacho and Kalaa illustrated different cultural performances.
"Normally people wouldn't get the chance to hear so many cultural groups," said Kalle Eko '07. "This is a good way to amalgamate everything."
Rasha Al-Duwa '06 and Gozde Kucuk '06, co-cultural chairs of the international consortium, organized the student performances for the show on Wednesday.
"This event helps students get to know how people in other parts of the world celebrate the winter," Kucuk said.
Related collections for charity by Athletes in Action and the Pace Center for Community Service were quite successful, exceeding generously previous records.
"This year the charity service part of it has been going really well," said Hall. "We have probably collected three times what we got last year."
The celebration also included a variety of cultural food for attendees to sample. Everything from Indian somosas to potato latkes to eggnog were available.
Dining Services prepared the food using recipes students brought from home, Hall said.
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