Berrigan Public School had a full day of activities for Harmony Day.
Kids from across the country were out in an orange force on Friday, for the annual Harmony Day celebrations.
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It is a national initiative to promote Australia’s multicultural landscape, and to encourage kindness and inclusion.
At Berrigan Public School, students got right into the thick of the celebrations with the uniform replaced with orange clothing.
Students at Tocumwal Public School had planned out a day full of activities in orange, only to be thwarted by the rain.
The whole school activities were postponed, but children still celebrated in their classrooms.
Finley Public had their own full day of activities, as did Jerilderie Public.
There were many ways people celebrated the multiculturalism in our country, morning teas, fairs, concerts, school assemblies and sporting events are among the different events that have been staged to showcase cultures, traditions and backgrounds.
One of the biggest reasons Harmony Day is important is its celebration of all Australian people, people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences who make up what we know as home.
Celebrating and understanding another culture better will go a long way to breaking down stigmas and any discrimination toward that culture, as we all fear what we don't know or understand.
Harmony Day is an initiative in Australia that coincides with, and is born out of, the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Students at Finley Public School celebrate Harmony Day.
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