VIVA Festival 2014

I know this is a few weeks ago, but on the 23rd of March I volunteered at Melbourne's VIVA Festival, which was so much fun! Basically, it was a multicultural festival held at Federation Square (and for those who aren't aware what that is, it is pretty much the city centre in terms of events) that had different performances on multiple stages. Thousands of people walked through and participated in the day's activities, either watching the music and dancing, doing some craft activities or even just eating the food.

Now, the food just needs a paragraph to itself, because the variety of dishes was astronomical! Stalls were set up along the river of all types of nationalities. My job of the day was to hand out programs, which I did with my friend, and our "territory" was up and down this food lane-way.

And I can't describe how hungry I became just walking up and down these stalls and smelling these exotic and delicious meals being cooked! During our shifts, we would plan out which foods we would buy when our break would come. We ended up having Argentinian spiced chicken wings (yum!) on our first break, then the Philippine pork belly banana ketchup kebab, which sounds really strange, but it was one of the most scrumptious things ever! I'm beginning to salivate just thinking about it! I know that sounds gross, but I can't emphasis enough about how fantastic the food was! And this isn't even including the hundreds of other choices that were there, from all continents (except Antarctica, but that really can go unsaid) that I unfortunately didn't have the opportunity to taste.

It was such a lively and colourful day, and I'm so glad I was part of it. I'm really looking forward to next years festival, because it was an event that I would recommend everyone to go to. It is a day that celebrates everyone around the world, and allows for everyone to share cultures together- the music, food, the whole atmosphere was incredible!