The New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association held their second hometown disaster relief event on October 7 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the Granville Town Hall.

At the event, Anna, head of Art teams was self-involved; the literary and art teams actively cooperated to work overtime to participate in the charity event. The committee members, members of logistics and dance groups actively undertake volunteer’s services.
The Association also organized a fundraising event:
President Ge and Secretary-General took the lead in buying donations tickets at first. DTV Australia’s East View Zhang totaled 20 tickets for a donation of $100.

The team’s donation is accorded to the total tickets purchased as following:
A art teams: Anna Art Group (60 tickets) donated $300, Zhang Xiumei Sailor Dance Art Team (53 tickets) donated $265, Little Red Riding Hood team (43 tickets) donated For $215, the Yang Ying Waist Dance Art Team (30 tickets) donated $150, the model art team, the logistics team and the dance team and venue team also completed the ticketing indicators.
B and C art teams also participated in the fundraising activities.

During the disaster relief performance, the chairman of the Australian-Chinese team, Wei Zheng on behalf of the government, presented awards to our teams that made outstanding contributions to the disaster relief: the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association donated a total of $1500, the Sino-Russian Cultural Retention Association donated a total of $400 and the Beijing Voice Chorus donated a total of $110.

At the same time, various literary and art groups performed a variety of programs. The activities were full of passion and love, bringing greetings to the people in the disaster area and demonstrating that we are acting with practical actions. In the “Lianyouhui Fengjing Art Team”, “Happy Drums” kicked off, male and female voice solo, duet and trio group singing, chorus, poetry reading and euphemism. Modern dance, classical dance and folk dance, cheongsam dance, sailor dance, group fan dance and waist inspiration are graceful dance, elegant and melodious. The group of the Sino-Russian Cultural Retention Association sang “Lights” and “Katyusha”. The “Night Shanghai” and “Cheongsam Beauty” of the cheongsam dance show the oriental charm and the profoundness of the splendid Chinese traditional culture. Finally, in the song “Friendship for a long time and unforgettable present” from Golden Age Art Troupe, Association sent love for the second hometown disaster relief performance ended successfully.

 

 

 

Live reports on the streets of Auburn sing and laugh.
During the long weekend of the Australian Labor Day, on the afternoon of September 29th is the AUBURN Festival. People from all ethnic groups living in the nearby area bring their families and children to the event. The main stage is singing and dancing, the dances of various nationalities greet bursts of applause and cheers. Drum Dance Art Team of NSW MSA was invited to participate in the event and celebrate with local residents and children. The ethnic atmosphere in the festival is very strong. When you come here, you can truly appreciate the great unity of the nation and the happy life of your home. Children gather together to play happily in children paradise area. There are also ethnic foods along the street that attract many citizens. In the sport’s area, a group of friends are cheering and participating. The art market is full of style. Flowing animals and acrobatic performances are especially popular.
Special thanks to the team and caravan who contributed to the preparations.
Special thanks to Kun Huang MP and Mr Campbell of Cumberland Council for their special support.
Special thanks to the Cumberland Council for their support of human and material resources. The event has won praises from people of all nationalities.
Congratulations on the success of the event.

 

 

 

Congratulations on the successful launch of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day celebrations at the Baulkham Hills Community Centre. NSW Multicultural Seniors Association president YinLan Ge, secretary general Sue and some committee members attended. The performances are rich in ethnic style, including drums, choir, tai chi, dance, local opera, recitation and solo etc. The programs are diverse in form: especially the sailor dance and model team performances are bright, cheerful and novel. The program is wonderful: especially intimate, welcome guests warm applause with the audience. The performance was a complete success in a warm atmosphere. This celebration was very friendly in the second home Sydney away from the motherland. I am grateful to the members of the Sydney Mountain Village for their love of the nation and their passionate performances. Thanks to all the volunteers and actors who contributed to the show.
Here, President Ge especially expresses festival greetings to everyone!
On the occasion of the National Day of the 69th Anniversary of the Motherland: President Ge hope everyone is happy, the motherland is prosperous and the people are happy and healthy. I hope that all the teams will work with common purpose to create a masses team as well. We will continue to promote and strengthen the team of NSW MSA to make this platform better serve the people and work together to make the flower of the nation shine.

Overseas Chinese and friendly people warmly celebrate the China National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and the 200th Anniversary of Chinese People’s Coming to Australia.
Last night at the Chatswood Tangyan Restaurant in Sydney, Chinese Consul General in Sydney, Gu Xiaojie and his wife attended the banquet. The Governor-general and the Governor of NSW State extended congratulations to the conference. Wu Changmao representative of the Chinese community in NSW delivered a speech. Our president YinLan Ge of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association was invited to be a VIP at the front desk… The celebration kicked off in the singing voice of the Chinese People’s Republic. Secretary Sue and boyfriend, Art troop leader Anna’s couple, couples Jiang, couples Xiu Mei, Yang Ying, and Gao Hong, Gu and his wife from NSW Multicultural Seniors Association also attended the grand banquet. Artists gathered at the event, high-level singing, elegant temperament and joy. At the meeting, the Chinese People’s 200th Anniversary Contribution Award was presented. The three-up party is wonderful. Celebrating the friendship between Australia and China, and forever… I would like to thank all the executive directors and media people who have contributed to the preparation work, and extend all the greetings to all the distinguished guests.

 

Today, Xiao Songqun chat’s group with Ge’s president of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association to Cumberland Council for political participation. We first attended such a meeting, heard the voices of the indigenous people and felt the government’s emphasis on multi-ethnic culture. It is great that we live in such an environment!
Friends: Let’s cheer for our efforts and dedication!
We’re proud to be one of Sydney’s most culturally diverse places and we believe our community are our greatest asset. We want to better understand and plan for this diverse community’s vibrant cultural life. We want to know the experience culture across Cumberland through a number of different avenues such as arts, architecture, history, language, food, digital, music, education, leisure, religion, neighbourhoods, work and daily life.
Our contribution will help inform future planning of programs, services, operations and infrastructure in arts and culture in the local Cumberland Council.

 

 

 

 

 

On 20th August 2018 NSW Multicultural Seniors Association’s waist drum dance team performed a unique flower viewing, rehearsal and publicity activities at Auburn Botanic Garden. Under the blooming cherry trees, we danced, drummed and jumped. We are attracting the attention to all the tourists and stunning the entire park! We are smashing the Lord and the tourists forget the trees and flowers are mad at us! People are scrambling to line up with our beautiful women. It is worth mentioning that when several disabled people in wheelchairs proposed to take photos with us, we are showing Chinese virtue of kindness and fraternity. Beauty is everywhere, the stage is everywhere and happiness is everywhere! We have realised the beauty of nature, letting go of our mood, enhancing our friendship, deepening our emotions and promoting our Friendship and Chinese culture!

I would like to thank the NSW Multicultural Seniors Association leader Mrs. Ge for setting up a platform for us to get together, happy and happy without limits!

Special thanks to: Mrs. Ge, General Manager Dou, and Secretary Jiang for their attention, encouragement and clothing support in our busy schedule! Thank you for your kindness and encouragement!

 

 

09/07/2018 in the afternoon at 1:30 pm, the honorable Ray William, Minister of NSW Sydney, the honorable Scott Farlow, Secretary of NSW Premier, Mr Leo Wei of NSW MP and Mr Gulian Vaccari, Mayor of Strathfield city Participate in the state government to award a reward of $3000 to the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association at 40 Augusta St Strathfield NSW 2135.
Moderator: Xueying Han, Piaoer Shi. Translation: Yuelian. Orchestra conductor: Xiaojuan Yu

Welcome Mr Ray William, Minister of Disability Affaires of the Ministry of Multicultural Affairs, Mr Scott Farlow, Secretary-General of the Legislative Council, Gulian Vaccari, Mayor of Strathfield City and Ms Yinlan Ge, President of the New South Wales Senior Association!

Let us warm applause to welcome Ray William, Minister of Disability Affairs of the Ministry of Multicultural Affairs:
I am very happy to attend the celebration of the New South Wales Seniors Association for the Elderly. I like the costumes of your multi-ethnic actors, it’s very colorful. I like the Australian national anthem that you sing, it is very emotional. First of all, I am very grateful to Mr Gulian Vaccari, Mayor of Strathfield City and thanks Ms Ge, for organizing a good event. Thanks Chang Gao and Mr Wei Colleagues of the Parliament!
As the Minister of the Ministry of Multiculturalism, I am very glad that you are here to contribute to our community. I know that dozens of groups in your community have participated in the activities of the New South Wales community. You have inherited the Chinese culture and performed here remembering that you are from China.
I know that your Chinese have already immigrated to Australia more than 200 years ago. Not long ago, we also celebrated a migrated event to Australia for 200 years in the City Town Hall. The indigenous people here have a history of four or five thousand years. We celebrate the culture of each nation. I am very grateful to you for your contribution to the multiculturalism of New South Wales. Thank you for your cultural promotion for Australia. Thank you!

Here is the secretary of the parliament Mr Scott Farlow:

Hello everyone, I am very happy to attend this event. I am also very happy to see the smile on your face and the beautiful costumes. I saw a lot of actors performing in the “Chinese style”. Your beautiful smile is the same as Asian clothing. These costumes reflect a role in multiculturalism and are a link between China and Australia. Your dances are very skillful and show a beautiful custom. I am proud of you, thank you! Thank you, Ms. Ge! Thank you, Mr. Ray Williams, Minister of NSW for the cheque! He gave us a very great dedication and support! Also thanks Mr. Wei for contacting me before! I asked which club activity is?
Mr Wei introduced you as one of the best middle-aged and multi-cultural community associations. Your community is a very special community. I thank you and I am looking forward your more activities. Thank you all!

Here is Gulian Vaccari, Mayor of Strathfield:

Hello everyone, I represent Strathfield City. As a mayor, I am quite lucky because there are very talented communities that form our multicultural community. I am an immigrant from Australia. There are many migrated people in this community, including Arab, West Lara, South Korea, Vietnam, China and others. There are more than 200 countries, but we are very closely linked together. I want to thank Minister of the New South Wales Mr. Ray William! He always brings a lot of money to our community, he always sponsors us for a lot of money, he is very popular with our community and he made an invaluable contribution to the Australian community. We really appreciate him!
I would also like to thank the former Mayor’s new Parliamentary Secretary, Scott Farlow, who is also very familiar with our Strathfield and who connects our communities closely. I would like to thank Mr. Wei, Mr. Wei, Mr. Wei, for his contribution to the positive work of the community. Thank you again, everyone, thank you!

Here is a warm welcome from us to welcome the President of the Association, Ms Ge:

Dear Mayor, Secretary and honorable Members. Thank you for coming to our event and giving us such support and funding for the awards. We only had ten people when we started in 2012, but now we are growing bigger and bigger. It has more than 1,500 members. They are doing various cultural activities to help middle-aged and older people participate in society, learn skills, develop entertainment and solve difficulties and linguistic obstacles in their lives.
We have more than 40 teams, as well as new and old immigrant society. We are the best community organizations because we share a value in the community. We are working together for the sake of our children and the next generation. I am sincerely grateful to all the members who are sitting today! Thank you for the activities that each member has made in our community! Thanks also to the head of the literary and art group.
Thanks to Director Dan Liu for organizing! Thank you director Zhang Li and Lihua Su! Thank you, Mayor for providing the venues to us. I would like to thank you all! I wish our future cooperation success! Thank you host! Thank you all!

 

In Australia, there are about 5,000 Chinese and Russian descendants. Their parents had similar experiences. They had come to China from Russia in the early years. Some of them had never returned, and some had gone to other countries. Let us approach them and listen to their stories.

Every Tuesday night, the Cabramatta Community Centre produces beautiful Soviet music. The songs were sung by Chinese and Russian descendants living in Sydney. Some of them are the first generation of Chinese and Russian hybrids, some of which are second or third generation. And the organization they met every week was a fluent Chinese, a Russian named Renia.

He began studying Chinese at the age of 17, and his wife was from China, and the children were of Chinese and Russian descent. He is currently a doctoral student at the university of Sydney and is studying “the comparison between Chinese and Russian descendants in Australia and China”. Last year, Mr. Renia said he Shared his thoughts with a group of Chinese and Russian descendants who lived in Sydney when he was working on his doctoral thesis. Therefore, the Australian Russian-Chinese Heritage Society was established to preserve and promote the culture of China and Russia.

He said he was able to find Russian characteristics from a group of Chinese and Russian friends, both in customs and in expressions and expressions. But because of historical reasons, Chinese and Russian descendants have lost many of the characteristics they once had, and language is one of them. Some of them are also confused about identity.

Renia tells us that there are many such Chinese and Russian descendants in Australia. Their parents had similar experiences, from Russia to China in the early years, some never to return, some to other countries. A song called “eternal memory” is also circulating among Chinese and Russian descendants, describing their parents’ experience of coming to China from Russia. The lyrics read:

I can’t remember which day I came here.
How many happy dreams are given to you.
Goodbye mom, goodbye my brothers and sisters,
I bid farewell to my homeland where my homeland raised me
Hallelujah, thank you for your courage.
Followed my sweetheart
I came and settled here…..

PS: Renia is nickname, his full name is: Evgueni Singatouline (weChat Name: Xinjatulin)

SBS Interview – published on 7.5.2018

SBS Madarin Radio Interview – Between 48 -58 minutes

Australia Russian-Chinese Heritage Society successfully organized today’s picnic led by Singatouline. 

In the early morning, the clouds were high and crisp. More than 30 Chinese and Russian descendants drove to the parking opposite the Cabramatta Community Hall and gathered,  start journey to Bens Basin Camping, Nick couple has arrived to the destination around 9:00. Nicks couples brought their marinated meat ready for barbecue and  together with the dining table and chairs to the destination.  With the help of Sasha, Aliaosha ​​and others, they began to ignite to prepare for the barbecue. Nina Tan prepared delicious and tasty cold dishes. Xiao ying took care of all the seniors,  our old friends as Xiao, najia, Zhang Ximei, Ba Na, Wang Jinlan, Xiao Fengying, Guo Jincheng and others were invited and actively participated in this picnic. The picnic was essentially a form that the Singatouline (WeChat Leader) had long planned to express the cultural life of the Chinese and Russian descendants. Through this activity, the special features of the Chinese and Russian descendants were fully reflected and the Chinese and Russian descendants were more vividly represented. Lively cheerful personality and the customs of living in two countries!

Everyone sang and danced happily in the accompaniment of Aliaosha, Sasha, Nick, and the beautiful small band. It was  fun play, happy drink and dancing ….. Finally, with the joint efforts of all, we helped each other to bring all the things back to their cars and said good-bye to each other. 

Singatouline  has already made an arrangement for an interview by SBS mandarin Radio on next Tuesday, our group speciality would attract many attention ! 

Agathia Yin Lan Ge

 

Meipian – Valentina (Xiaoying)