...Take a moment to peer through the kaleidoscope of my multicultural world, and I will tell you why I embrace it as dearly as life itself. I love the colour and bedazzlement of the Asian Mela, the swirl of the Bagpipes, Braw Bricht Moonlit Nichts, the confident swing of the Kilt, Greek Omelettes, the skirl of Northumberland Pipes, Sacred Choral Music, Irish Pipes, Yorkshire Pudding, Italian Opera, Pandas, Scots Dialect, Great Organs and Grand Pianos, George Jokl, Belgian Groenendaels, Wolves, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sharan, Jamaica Salt Fish and Ackees, Didgeridoos, Iris Murray's Bangalore Curried Chicken, Wagner, Norfolk Jackets, Shakespeare, Yurts, John McCormack, Fish and Chips, Honky Tonk Music, Shahida's Samosas, Banjos, Irish Brogue, Mahalia Jackson, Giant Saguaros, Cesar E Chavez, French Piano Accordion Music, Mariachi, Chinese Chicken and Cashew Nuts, Male Voice Choirs, Bakewell Tart, Edith Piaf, The Sands of Egypt, Richard Tauber, English Border Collies, Welsh Rarebit, George Formby, Eagles, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Mice, Hawaiian Baked Tilapia, Bangra, the View from Castle Hill, Bats of all Nationalities, Victorian Ballads, Arroz con Pollo, Irish Stew, Beethoven, Ukuleles, Cypriot Orange Orchards, Horned Lizards, Mullgatawny Soup, Silken Saris, Quesadillas, Bach, Bar Mitzvoth, Smorgasbord, Willie Nelson, Mohandas K Gandhi, Spike Milligan, Irish Dancing, Purcell, Elephants, Cheongsams, Mascarpone, Frederick Ferrari, Montana, Welsh Bonnets, Eisteddfodds, Chow Mein, Folk Music, Donkeys, Broad Yorkshire, Bouzoukis, Southern Fried Fruit Pies, the Welsh lilt of Subcontinentals speaking English, Zydeco, Custard Tarts, Arab Music, Koalas, and a thousand and more gleaming spectacles, soaring sounds and tantalising tastes that are funnelled into my life by my brothers and sisters of all nations, tongues, and traditions...
Ronnie Bray puts in the wittiest, the wisest, the best possible plea for mutliculturalism.
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