This year mark the 25th anniversary for Carassauga the large ethno cultural festival in Canada. In the fall of 1985 Mayor Hazel McCallion put up a call to all the ethnic groups in Mississauga to organize a cultural festival in Mississauga to celebrate the cultural diversity here and 10 ethnic groups responded and together started the Carassauga. Not surprisingly it is the largest multi-cultural Festival in Ontario and has been voted by Festivals & Events Ontario as one of the Top 100 Festivals in Ontario.
Mayor Hazel cut short her trip to China with the GTA Chinese Business Associations to ensure her present for the opening ceremony tonight at the Hershey Center. The Honorable Jason Kenny the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism was on hand to shower the visitor Prime Minister’s greeting and his appreciation for the work of the volunteers for this year Carrassauga. Peter Fonseca the Labor Minister of Ontario also delivered Primer Dalton McQuinty message to the residences of Mississauga on the success of this year Carassauga.
With over sixty countries to visit in three days, this weekend will be worth the while to visit Carassauga with your family and to spent some quality family time together.
For more photos for this event see gallery below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tee.andrew8/Carassauga201002#
Can you please send to me the contact information for this event? do you have any idea when is taken place this 2011? I would really appreciate it if you could provide me with this information, thank you and have a nice day
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