Last Friday night, hundreds of USA students along with other visitors were present at USA-(University of South Alabama)-the Cultural Show, featuring performances by Seven Asian Countries. The show was held at the USA Student center packed with USA students and their families, along with delegates from various departments. The cultural performances started with Malaysia’s most popular Drama. We were treated to a contemporary musical drama. The performance brought a laugh from the audience. They were basically trying to satire their political parties on number of government holidays during a year period. Japanese were the center of attraction. They performed Japanese’s most popular Long Drum Dance, which imitates the sound of a drum. The dance is very popular in Japan due to its simplicity. Nest up was the harvesting and threshing dance from Nepal performed by sixteen Nepalese students, coordinated by Rashmi Tandulkar (cultural coordinator).The performance from Nepal wowed viewers, with Nepalese ladies in their elegant classical costumes, accompanying a pop song called “Taal ko pani”. The cultural show ended with India’s most popular “Bharat Natyam Dance” performed solo by a south Indian girl. This year’s judges were Jim Marther, member of International student’s services along with professors. First prize went to Nepal, closely followed by India and Japan. The party had to end. But members of the NSA community went away once again reminded of the diversity that brings people here together, and looking forward to the next occasion to celebrate who we are….