City Of Frederick Plays Host To Pangaea Festival

We should all celebrate our citizens' different backgrounds like this city did. DP

Reported by: Nikki Burdine

your4state.com: FREDERICK COUNTY, MD - The city of Frederick is home to people from different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs.

The Pangaea festival brought everyone together to celebrate as one. Anam Siddiqui is from Pakistan, and she wants to educate the people of Frederick about her heritage.

"I want them to see the beauty of it. Mostly you think of the Middle East, you think of South Asia and you think usually think of sad things because a lot of sad things have been happening there lately, but if you look around there’s so much color there’s so much beauty and there’s so much diversity," said Anam Siddiqui, Celebrating Pangaea Frederick.

And, so does Cheryl from the island of Figi.

“How unique we are, how wonderful we are; we are a unique exotic island paradise," said Cheryl Brown-Irava, Celebrating Pangaea Frederick.

The official definition of Pangaea comes from the ancient Greek meaning “entire earth,” and at the Pangaea Festival in Frederick, they hope to unite the many different cultures in our area and bring them together as one.

“Frederick has grown amazingly, and the diversity, I think, is incredible here because you can basically find the world encompassed in Frederick," said Hayden Duke, Pangaea Frederick.

It was more than just dancing, singing and food. It was also a welcoming of new citizens into our area.

“We are celebrating the naturalization of about 100 new U.S. citizens for about 25 countries; some from Sierra Leon, to Trinidad, and Tobago. Just the emotion, you know, the moment they go from being a citizen in their previous country to an American citizen is just amazing," said Duke.

“It is the way of the world, the way of the future, and to promote peace and happiness and understanding and appreciation of the riches and diversity," said Brown-Irava.

"Also, learn more about wanting to know about cultures, because the more you know about other people, the more you like them," said Siddiqui.