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Global Corner
Celebrate World Culture – Here in St. Louis!
Visit our Global Corner to explore the cultures of St. Louis' 15 sister cities through the eyes and ears of volunteers who support St. Louis' 15 Sister City Committees. Use your very own passport and fill it out as you travel around this interactive learning center.
Sponsored by the St. Louis Sister Cities Program, World Trade Center-St. Louis. St. Louis' Sister Cities include: Bologna, Italy; Bogor, Indonesia; Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Donegal County, Ireland; Galway, Ireland; Georgetown, Guyana; Lyon, France; Nanjing, China; St. Louis, Senegal; Samara, Russia; Stuttgart, Germany; Suwa, Japan; Szcezecin, Poland; San Luis Potosi, Mexico; and Wuhan, China. Visit our web site at St. Louis Sister Cities Program - World Trade Center. |
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Village Green
Dance lessons for the young and the young-at-heart!
Test your dancing and athletic skills by joining in on informal, free dance lessons including Spanish Flamenco, popular Indian dancing and the Mexican Hat Dance. Festival artists are your instructors. Sway to Brazilian samba, try Polynesian hula, learn the beautiful movements of belly dance, and practice Japanese bon odori. Dance your way around the world!
2012 Instructors included
Aalim Belly Dance, Middle Eastern • Afriky Lolo, West African • Grupo Atlantico, Hispanic • Grupo Azucar, Latin American • Hawaiian Polynesian Revue, Polynesian • Indian Dance with Aparna Kalyanaraman, Indian • International Folk Dance Association, European • La Morena and Friends, Mexican • Salsa & Tango with Carmen Guynn, Latin American • Tai Ji - YMCA of Greater St. Louis & Lin Gao's Martial Arts, Chinese •
Viva Flamenco!, Spanish
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Highland Games
Seemingly effortless feats of strength!
Wearing the kilts of their clans, local Scottish athletes demonstrate a variety of feats of strength including the awesome caber toss and tug of war. Spirited bag pipe music abounds.
The St. Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival sponsors its own festival each September to foster and encourage open exchange of cultural, educational, and recreational concepts and pursuits between those with an interest in the culture and heritage of Scotland and others in the Greater St. Louis area.
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