Multi Kulti Kitchen
‘Multi Kulti Kitchen’ enables different ethnicities living in Bulgaria to present the best of their traditional cuisine and culture. In the form of culinary evenings and creative workshops in Plovdiv and Pazardzhik everyone can get acquainted with the traditions, art and culture of different countries around the world: from Mehndi, Indian henna body art to Vitinanka, Ukrainian paper cutting or Armenian folk music.
It includes a series of events, informal meetings and initiatives with active international participation. These assorted events enable people of different ethnicities and from different communities and countries to offer the best of their traditional cuisine and culture in the form of culinary evenings and creative workshops. By applying this method, people to get in touch with a variety of cultures, which helps in building bridges between various communities and groups, and also with the affirmation of the sense of belonging to a local community, and in spurring intercultural dialogue. The project’s events take place in Pazardzhik and Plovdiv.
The project offers the following formats:
- Multi Kulti Kitchen. Thematic culinary evenings that present a specific foreign country or community through its cuisine, household practices and culture.
- Multi Kulti Map. A look at the mapping of authentic foreign sites and the presentation of successful stories of integration that make visible Plovdiv’s cultural diversity.
- Heal the World. Cultural and educational events for children about the crafts of various nationalities.
- Point of Intersection. A series of curious stories from foreigners living in Plovdiv.
“Multi Kulti Kitchen” is a project by the Union for Independent Creative Communication Association and the Youth House Pazardzhik. Find details about the project and the related events - www.facebook.com/MultiKultiKitchenPlovdiv/, at multikulti.bg/map/bg/, and at www.mdompazardjik.com/category.
