Third Annual Winternational Embassy Showcase

WASHINGTON, DC, USA - Successful Event was sponsored by Trade Center Management Associates and Brought Together International Community for an Afternoon of Winter Cheer.

On December 10, 2014, WTC Washington, D.C. was the center of international culture in Washington as they hosted the Third Annual Winternational celebration. This cultural showcase bought together eighteen participating embassies and over 1000 guests in a year-end celebration of the holiday season.

Colorful rows of embassy exhibits were brimming with a rich mix of art, examples of traditional costumes, samples of culinary delicacies, handcrafts and tourism information from a diverse group of embassies. Aromatic coffees and teas were featured by the embassies of Papau New Guinea, Nepal, Uganda and Sri Lanka. Many embassies had handcrafts available for sale including wood carvings from Guinea and hand-painted silk scarves from Latvia. The embassies of El Salvador and South Africa shared tourism brochures with federal employees, local residents and the business community all under the beautiful glass ceiling of the Reagan Building Atrium.

Greeted by the Ambassador, the embassy of Bangladesh welcomed guests as their hands were skillfully adorned by henna artists. The Kyrgyz Embassy had an exhibit full of vibrantly colored woolen handcrafts and clothing while their Ambassador H.E. Muktar Djumaliev tweeted on the day’s activity. Participating embassies included: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Uruguay, and the Organization of American States.
In addition to the exhibits, cultural performances included classically trained Russian violinist Rafael Javadov, Malaysian dancer Wuiping Yap of the Asia Heritage Foundation and Cuareim 1080 a Candombe group sponsored by the Embassy of Uruguay.

WTC Washington, D.C. is a unique destination in the city, attracting leaders from around the world who foster constructive conversations on international trade and culture and host Washington locals and visitors who enjoy community-centric entertainment and programming. This event was free, open to the public and was sponsored by Trade Center Management Associates, the exclusive manager of WTC Washington, D.C.

(PHOTO: His Excellency Muktar Djumaliev with his staff members representing the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to the USA and Canada.)