PITT'S NATIONALITY ROOMS DECKED FOR HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND TOURS
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 22 -- The University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms' Holiday Open House will feature entertainers in native costume, ethnic food, craft demonstrations, and tours of the 26 Nationality Rooms on Sunday, Dec. 3, from noon until 4 p.m., in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room, Oakland. Admission is free.
The rooms will be decked in their holiday finery featuring both Christian and non-Christian holiday traditions such as Kwanza, Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, India's Diwali (festival of lights), and the Japanese Kadomatsu (a good luck omen for the New Year). Ethnic holiday entertainment will include the Chinese Lion Dance, Latin American Salsa dancers, Filipino Tinikling, Indian dancers, Indonesian dancers, Medieval English dancers, and Italian dancers. The performances begin at noon and will run at 15-minute intervals throughout the afternoon. There will be a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at 2 p.m. in Room 324.
Tables will be filled with ethnic foods and crafts for visitors to purchase and enjoy. Bountiful food tables will feature Polish, Indian, Latin American, Indonesian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Austrian, German, and Italian delicacies. Crafts include spinning, bobbin lace-making, origami, and Polish cut-paper ornaments. For more than 40 years, the Nationality Rooms have been decorated by area residents who form the Nationality Room Committees. Student volunteer guides in native dress will welcome guests, conduct tours, and describe the many holiday traditions represented by the 26 Nationality Rooms.
The Nationality Rooms will be decorated in their traditional holiday style beginning Nov. 20. Tours are available throughout the holiday season. The cost of the tours are adults, $3; senior citizens, $2; and children (8-18), $.50. The rooms will be closed on Dec. 24, 25, 31, 2000, and Jan. 1, 2001.
For more information on the open house or tours during the holiday season, call the Nationality Rooms Program at 412-624-6000.
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