People from across ages and countries develop friendships working alongside each other to create a world-class music festival.
The community in Bloomington is diverse because of the famous Indiana University which has an enormous number of students, scholars, and faculty from across the globe. Besides, Bloomington also has a strong community of retired senior-citizens who live mostly by themselves. In an order to bring such diverse people together and to cater to the well-being of every individual, the community has been organizing this festival every year for the last 26 years!
I volunteered at the Lotus World Music and Art Festival and I became friends with many local residents who relentlessly worked towards making the program a huge success. I was allotted the duty to put up tents and organize tables to put up art galleries at a park. These tents were used to provide art and craft workshop to kids. This was my first time putting up a tent and I thoroughly enjoyed this unique experience. I was also given a coupon to enjoy an evening of performances where I saw music bands from 5 different nations i.e. China, Finland, France, Sweden, and the USA perform! It was overall an extraordinary experience where I truly felt included and appreciated in a community where I had been living for just a few months.
