Harmony Day

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Harmony Day


Introduction

Harmony day is an event created by DIAC ( The Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia). All Australian celebrate this day on 21 March every year together with the United Nation's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
In this day Australian intended to celebrate the cohesive and inclusive nature of Australia and promete a tolerant and culturally diverse society.

The Hisrory

Australian began to celebrate this event in 1999 by sharing morning teas,others organise a fair and some celebrate by dressing in national costumes.
Since that day they have celebrated thousands of events in different places. In addition to, they organised a wide variety of groups like sports, community, local government, churches, schools and businesses organisations.

Recently

In 2012, the theme for Harmony Day is "sport: play, Engage, Inspire" to tell people about the important role of sport and its postive effect in Australia. They have used the Orange colour to represent this year Harmony Day. As well as the message was that "Everyone Belongs"
The Aim of Harmony Day 2012 is to encourage everyone,regardless of background, increase understanding others and inspired or to inspire others