The multicultural show took place in the theater during fourth and fifth periods on Jan. 30. It featured performances from students representing various cultures on campus, including Indian, Filipino, Latin, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Polynesian.
The theater was decorated with signs written in different languages saying “Hello”, and a banner of different flags.
The show took on the theme of sailing to different countries to showcase their cultures. The first act was from Milpitas Masti, who danced to Bollywood songs and did some bhangra. The Chinese Club, Lion Dance, and Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) previewed the choreography they used for the Lunar Show the next day.
A notable performance was from the Latin Student Union, which did traditional Mexican dancing. In the middle of their dance, they simulated a bull fight, in which two students wore masks resembling bulls. Their performance was full of energy, and even the audience was clapping and cheering during the performance.
While most acts came from clubs, there was one solo performance by John De Los Santos, who performed a Tahitian dance.
Sophomore Sadhana Srikanth took part in the show as part of the group Milpitas Masti.
“We performed a lot of Indian dance forms, like classical, Bharatanatyam, Bhangra, and normal Bollywood,” Srikanth said.
Pilipinx United Student Organization (PUSO) performed Bulaklakan, a traditional Filipino dance.
“At first we were going to do Tinikiling, but we ran out of time,” senior Leia Ramos said. “We chose to do Bulaklakan just because it was easier to find people to do it.”
Korean Dance Team (KDT) performed two K-pop songs, both of which were also a part of their choreography for the Lunar Show.
“I felt represented by my culture because of PUSO,” senior Elaina Manzon, who performed for KDT, said. “But, I’d like to think we represented Korean culture well enough.”
As opposed to a typical rally, the multicultural show is meant to be more performance-based, co-rally lead Saanjh Shukla said. The show was more of a way for clogs to showcase their diversity, which is why performances were based on who signed up, she added.
“We do have limited seating for this,” Shukla said. “We want to do it in the theater, rather than in the gym, so that everyone can see pretty well. We have our spotlights and everything that makes the show even more enhanced in that way.”
Overall, Leadership tried to keep the show lineup as diverse as possible, Shukla said. There were no duplicate performances, though a few overlapped in showcasing a culture, she said.
“But they did showcase different parts of that culture,” Shukla said. “We gave chances to every cultural clog that showed up, and we tried to keep it as diverse as possible in the way that whoever wanted to showcase their culture was able to.”
