On the 16th of May an Intercultural Day was held for the first time in the Icelandic capital bringing members of the City Council, the Intercultural Centre and the World March Team together in promoting peace and celebrating diversity.

A multicultural parade went through the city with representatives from several different communities of immigrants organising their communities to come and march in a vivid show of international diversity with their flags, their costumes and their music and dancing.

Hundreds of people participated and many more watched from the sides of the road in a very festive atmosphere.

The idea for the march came from a Kenyan friend recently moved to Iceland and active with the WM Promotion Team.  She had this idea of a Multicultural Day in Reykjavik as a part of the World March events.  The International communities represented included: Australia, Kenya, Cuba, Philippines, Poland, Mexico, India, Ghana, Russia, Angola and Thailand.  Apart from the international communities a number of civil society organisations also took part including: anti-racist groups, Muslim groups and refugee groups.

In what was a great contribution to the whole spirit and message of the March, a song was written especially for the day, which you can hear in the video, composed by former Icelandic TV presenter and comedian, Omar Ragnarsson.

THE WORLD MARCH