IFLC Sydney 2016

The International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) is an annual celebration that showcases the range of musical talents and cultural diversity from around the world. IFLC started in 2003 in Turkey with students from 17 countries. In 2015, this event was staged worldwide in 20 countries, with more than 2,000 participants from 145 different countries. In 2015, the festival was performed in Australia for the first time, with Sirius College organisation.

Amity College and Affinity Intercultural Foundation were proud to be the co-hosts of the 2016 festival, which took place at the majestic Sydney Opera House (SOH). The world-renowned venue was a symbolic stage for the multicultural mosaic of this event.

The purpose of the International Festival of Language and Culture is to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion, whilst also providing an opportunity for participating students to showcase the kaleidoscope of their language and culture with other students from around the world.

Our co-hosts are passionate advocates of community involvement as a platform for achieving peace, friendship and understanding. Amity College and Affinity Intercultural Foundation trust that this festival exemplifies core Australian values of understanding, respect and inclusion on a national and global scale.

Although we may not speak the same language, we speak through the universal language of art, dance and music. Language, in whatever form, is the key to effective understanding and communication. Building connections through dialogue is imperative for achieving lasting universal peace.

Official festival song

“I saw a luminous future in my dream one night
Lights were silently pouring down everywhere
It was like a harmoniously working clock
Dark nights had gone away
A new world! A new world!
They were building a new world
Everywhere sparkled like the skies
They were building a new world.”