A Global Celebration in the Heart of DC: Get Ready for Art of Living's World Culture Festival 2023

This weekend, all eyes will be on Washington DC as the US capital gets set to host the fourth edition of Art of Living’s World Culture Festival from September 29 to October 1. The event features over 50 performances, including a traditional Chinese cultural performance with 1,000 singers and dancers; a ‘Garba’ extravaganza with 7,000 dancers; 700 Indian classical dancers with a live symphony; a 50th anniversary tribute to Hip Hop by Kurtis Blow, SHA-Rock, Sequence Girls and DJ Kool and other legends of Hip Hop alongside 100 break dancers debuting choreography by King Charles and Kelli Forman; 100 Ukrainian dancers performing their traditional Hopak; 1,000 guitarists led by Grammy Award winner Micki Free; and a recreation of Bob Marley’s legendary classic ‘One Love’ by his grandson Skip Marley. On September 29, 2023, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will bridge the divides of borders, religion and race by uniting people from 180 countries under the banner of “One World Family”. Special dignitaries who will speak at the event include Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations; S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs; Dr Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General; Rick Scott, US Senator; Nancy Pelosi; Ram Nath Kovind, former President of India; Krishnakoemarie Mathoera, Minister of Defence, Suriname, among others.