{"id":5476,"date":"2016-09-17T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T11:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.startblok.amsterdam\/en\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2017-02-27T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:43:59","slug":"welcome-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startblokriekerhaven.nl\/en\/welcome-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Festival – blog Samer"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]The Welcome Festival was the first festival of this kind at Startblok. It was quite a small festival if you would compare it to other festivals in Amsterdam, but it was a nice step for the residents to get know each other. To meet between different cultures and habits from different nationalities.<\/p>\n

In the beginning of the festival it was a bit quiet, but after the music started, this changed. There were different activities and main points at the festival: from music made by our own residents to DJ-music where everybody was jumping and dancing, to sumo wrestling in a costume to a market with clothes and other stuff.<\/p>\n

Music, fun and dancing are things which gather and unite people. I think this is great, because it goes without thinking about differences between nationalities or anything else. It was beautiful to see the initiatives from residents at Startblok, that was a nice addition to the festival.<\/p>\n

It was a nice festival and I hope that in the future more people will come so we can have more interaction between different nationalities and cultures. I enjoyed a lot!<\/p>\n

Photo credits David Hup:<\/p>\n\n\t\t