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>> AMBASSADOR HILALE: The Multicultural Day has been created
several years ago, I think 5 years ago.
Just to give a chance to people to get to know each other
to know the culture of each other, the food, the music,
and to live together for at least a few hours
without thinking about our differences.
>> AMB BASAGOITIA: This particular day is putting
the human being in the center of our concerns and we present ourselves as human beings,
not as delegates, not as a representatives of any government, of any political interest,
simply as who we are, as persons, as individuals and try to come together.
This has then an impact on what we do upstairs.
Because the more we know each other as a human being, the easier it becomes
to get agreements and to speak freely and to make ourselves understood by the other.
>> CROATIA: This costume is a traditional costume
that is worn on the island of Susak which is in
the northern part of the Adriatic in Croatia and it is usually worn for weddings or
festivities by younger women so it is not your everyday outfit.
>> GAMBIA: This is called a BouBou for ceremonies
It is an official costume that you can wear at weddings
>> SWEDEN: This is a traditional dress from Sweden. It was made by my grandmother
and we would use it normally at midsummer for example
or in my family we also put on our dresses for Christmas.
>> MALDIVES: Woven by the women
of the Maldives from the southern most it is called Atoll, from the very south
of Maldives and the skirt here is supposed to be well it is supposed to be
woven but it is a little modified version at the moment.
>> COTE D'IVOIRE: We are here to represent Cote dÃIvoire and we are here to show the
riches of our culture through our dress. French.
>> COTE D'IVOIRE: That every delegation, coming from
around the world, members of the United Nations
can show the origins of their costume traditions
and of their culinary traditions.
>> JORDAN: This is something that is a bit modern and I wear it probably
at weddings, engagements, it is like an Abaya and it has Arabic writings all over the sides
and from the back. It is not something that we used to wear in the past in Jordan
but now it is becoming more and more famous in specifically in Amman, in the capital.
>> EL SALVADOR: This is a typical dress from Nahuizalco.
This is the dress that was used the past, but right now you can find
some indigenous people that dresses as this and the name is Refajo.
>> SWITZERLAND: So I have here a Swiss
costume. But it is not actually a Swiss costume because as you know we have cantons
in Switzerland so there is no one Swiss costume. We have actually 26
cantons. This one is coming from Nidwald. It is a very small canton in the middle
of Switzerland which speaks German. It is a bit in the mountains so you have
definitely the classical edelweiss, the typical Swiss flower.
So the hat is not truly from Nidwald. It's a typical Swiss hat. These hats are
in different cantons so I cannot really say it is only in Nidwald but has always
belonged to the rest of the costume. You need a hat as a man.
You don't go without something on you head, you know.
It is important.
>> AUSTRALIA: Today the Australian mission has organised
these beautiful dresses which are designed
by an indigenous designer back in Australia.
Traditionally the circles are meeting places
and the dots that connect them are kind of journeys to the meeting places.
This is Diploroo, he is a member of our foreign service.
He travels much like we do from post to post
and now he is doing a stint in Geneva with us.