[/caption]The Italian Embassy in Ghana and the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel has teamed up to bring ‘Italian Food and Cultural Festival’ to Ghana. The festival will bring to Ghanaians various Italian dishes. The festival which commences on the 10th and ends on the 16th of September promises to heat up the city with a week of food, arts and entertainment.
The best way to learn a language is to be among the people who speak the said language. However, one can stay in his own country and still taste the best of foods from other country. This is exactly what the Italian Food and Cultural Festival promises. Stay in Ghana, yet enjoy Italian cuisine, as if you are on the streets of Italy.
This festival is to prove to Ghanaians that, certainly you can taste the best of Italian dishes without necessarily traveling to Italy. The festival will feature typically Italian food and music. There will also be a raffle draw, which is aimed at assisting charitable organization; this according to the organizers will be done in a serene and family friendly atmosphere.
At the press conference to launch the festival, an Italian official in an interview with GhanaCelebrities.com said the concept for the festival is simple. “The event is meant for the two countries to sell each other to the other country”.
“For the first time, we are trying to bring Italian food to Ghana. There are lots of similarities between the two countries. We both love football very much. Also to entertain the community by organizing such events. We also want to sell the image of Ghana to Italy, because Italian press will also cover the program to Italian television”. He said.
He also explained what they hope to achieve with this festival “We are trying to achieve a mingling of culture. We want to bring Italian food to the people of Accra. For the people to taste what another country’s food is like. To know how Italians eat, what they eat and how it feels like”.
The Damba 3 Conference Hall is set to host the festival from the 11th to 16th September, 2010 at 6:30 each night. But the whole week festival will commence with a grand opening on the 10 day of September at the Adae Kesse Hall of the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel at 6:30pm prompt (Not Ghana Time).
There will be couple of live band performances from the Italian Forklore, the Ghana Dance Ensemble. Lots of dishes from Italy and Ghana will be available as well as photo exhibition of some selected famous tourist attraction sites in Italy and Ghana.
This festival promises to expose the Ghanaian public and other nationals in Accra to the best of Italian culinary, promote cultural exchanges, networking, ethnic sensitivity and diversity. It will also help raise awareness and give opportunity for the general public to contribute to charity organizations.
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