Event Ideas

There are many ways you can celebrate Harmony Day. It depends on how you want to bring people together in your school, community or organisation.

Have a think about what you want to do to celebrate the vibrant cultures, races and religions that make up our multicultural nation.

Some suggested activities are:

• Sport, dancing and eating: play world sports together and involve everyone, learn new dances from countries across the world, or enjoy foods of different cultures.
• Arts and crafts: use your creative abilities to make something that symbolises the different cultures of your local community. You could even hold a poster or art competition.
• Music and sounds: apply your musical talents to reflect your experience of different cultures or traditions — rhyme, rap, or rock to a story about culture and experience. You could even hold a concert for everyone to enjoy.
• Talk it up: meet someone new from your class, school or community and learn about their culture. Do an oral history project by interviewing someone from a different country and share it with others. You could write, record or even film the interview.
• Listen and learn: invite an Indigenous elder or someone who has migrated to Australia to come and share their story and culture with your class. You could even research more information about their story or write about your own.
• Play the Harmony Game: get together all of your friends for a game of soccer. Think about all the other children across the world playing soccer too. Download your Harmony Game toolkit from the SBS website.
  See: The World Game on SBS – Harmony Day