Festival of Cultures brings the world to Harvard

Kathy Waugh and her husband Francis Begue relax at a café table and stamp passports between eating croissants and reading Le Monde.

Jeffrey Young plays with an origami dragon. 

Monicah Kivaa (left) and Ann Kivaa teach about their homeland of Kenya as Jamie Aciukewicz examines a hand-carved lion. 

A packed house enjoys the fesitval presentations.

Second-grader Meenu Ramakrishnan performs an Indian dance.

Students from Rising Star East Martial Arts in Ayer demonstrate traditional Okinawan karate.

Rhythm Kids of Concord perform drumming from Ghana.

Dancers from Joyful Movement Kids perform a dance derived from three cultures: the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Sisters Melissa, Michelle, and Kathleen Mazzu sing a Spanish children’s song.

Girls from the Biyun Dance School perform “Tea Dance.”

Naomi Yano leads third-grade singers in a traditional Japanese song to welcome spring.

David Young performs tricks with a Chinese yo-yo during a performance with his siblings.

Members of Angel Performance Art in Acton strike a pose as they perform  “Spring Dance.”