Want to participate in CelebrateErie 2026? Applications are now open! <\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe are together in Erie from so many different parts of the world, and tonight we are celebrating the coming together, the human connection, the tune that binds us together on stage in celebration of the unity that we have and the diversity in Erie,\u201d said Kaustav Mukherjee, an assistant professor at Gannon University.<\/p>\n
Each performance brought energy from different cultures to the stage, giving the community a chance to share their cultures and experience something new together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows everybody like you don\u2019t have to like come from the same like culture, background, but you can all like be able to like share it, like, have fun with it,\u201d said Amari Ash, one of the performers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe culture is so important for the whole world, through the culture, we can express our beautiful emotion, love, spread the love to the whole world,\u201d Linda Peng, another performer.<\/p>\n
With this year\u2019s focus representing the melting pot of cultures right here in Erie, dancers had the opportunity to share their traditions through what organizers call a universal language.<\/p>\n
\u201cMusic is a universal language, right, and humanity is a universal language too. Human connection is universal, that\u2019s why we are celebrating tonight. We are celebrating music, we are celebrating dance, and we are celebrating the human connection that makes Erie happen,\u201d said Mukherjee.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can speak a different language, but arts are the same language; everyone can appreciate that,\u201d said Liu Cao, a performer. \u201d I think that it\u2019s what brings people together because of dancing and the arts in general.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers said events like this continue to bring the community together through the expression of the arts.<\/p>\n
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