Mondo tra I fornelli: intercultural cooking laboratories

The Mondinpiazza Festival is an intercultural weekend that unfolds in the city streets. It is organised in collaboration with associations of foreigners, Municipal services and foreign and local artists. Theatre, cinema, performances, music, tales, folkdances, foreign craftwork, booths for foreign communities and ethnic food are all a part of the activities during the weekend, preceded by several public debates and conventions held the days prior to the weekend.There are other events including an intercultural dialogue festival to encourage collaborations between municipal operator, local associations, citizens and artists. Ten days of cultural initiatives, in which citizens participate in creative workshops. Mondo tra i fornelli: Intercultural cooking laboratories held by foreign women and open to Italian women in collaboration with Constituency 5 and Centro Sociale Rosta Nuova; producing a menu-book based on the experience is created and made available in libraries and cultural centres. Due calci al razzismo (2 kicks against racism) is the name of the sports event (5-a-side football) organised every year in November at the Palazzetto dello Sport. Organised since 2006 in collaboration with sports associations (Uisp). Participants include representatives from the various minority communities, the police force, Italian and/or foreign women, disabled individuals, local administrators, youth from secondary schools etc.