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Thousands Celebrate Culture with ‘Around the World Embassy Tour’

By Patricia McDougall | Special to the AFRO

On May 2 the 19th annual Around the World Embassy Tour was held in Washington, D.C., with over 69 Embassies welcoming over 50,000 people. The University District of Columbia (UDC), a historically Black institution, hosted several of the embassies. 

The Embassy Tour is one of the biggest events in D.C. with music, live performance, dancers, singers, cultural food, vendors and more. People lined the streets to tour inside of the embassies. Each year, visitors come from all around the world to take part in the event.

Shown here, Belizean Ambassador Nestor Mendez (left); Dania Jolley, deputy chief of mission and cultural affairs for Events DC; Jan Du Plain, executive director of the Washington, Education and Cultural Attache Association, and Elvira Mendez (right), spouse of Ambassador Mendez. (AFRO Photo / Patricia McDougall)
Shown here, Lucia Cherinda, deputy chief of mission for the embassy of the Republic of Mozambique, at the University District of Columbia (UDC) stop of the Around the World Embassy Tour on May 2. (AFRO Photo / Patricia McDougall)
Jessica Poomkudy (back, left) enjoys the embassy tour stop at University District of Columbia with Christina Chance (front, left), Israa Ajroudi (back center); Lizzy Jones (front center), Orissa Symmonett (back, right) and Logan Walker Back (front, right). (AFRO Photo / Patricia McDougall)