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This year, for the first time, the hugely popular Parade of Nations will be held on Hay Street on Friday night, to co- incide with the Fourth Friday events already taking place downtown.
T We are the World D
IVERSITY IS NOT A WORD people usually think of being as- sociated with mid-sized southern cities. You don't expect to walk
down the streets of a typical town in the south and find perfectly made Colom- bian arepas, Korean bibimbap, Ukranian
borscht, Italian antipasto, Hungarian rigo jansci and Native American Sioux fried bread, much less to see someone wearing traditional Ghanian kente cloth or a Japa- nese kimono. But Fayetteville isn't like most mid- sized cities, and that's something never
he 33rd Annual International Folk Festival Celebrates Fayetteville's Global Ties
more apparent than during the city's an- nual three-day International Folk Festival. Due in large part to our area's military
installations, people from nearly every country on the planet have chosen to call Fayetteville home — and once a year they graciously share the traditions and tastes
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