One of the many benefits of living in a multicultural city is the range of festivals held each year, giving us an opportunity to learn about other world cultures while sharing our traditions. Recently I attended a Latin Festival - the Latin countries are not only known for their singing, but also their amazing dancing (and of course, delicious foods such as empanadas and tamales which I also tasted)! I watched several different dances and couldn't keep my camera away from the dancers' bright dresses!

Here are a few images that are my favourite, both for their beautiful colours and fantastic abstract patterns that resulted from the dancers' motions.

Dance of Colours Yellow Swirl

Blue Swirl

While some viewers may like still images of these dancers frozen in time, these "in motion" images convey the energy of the dancers as they moved and twirled their dresses across the stage!