This Sun­day 28 March there is an inter­na­tion­al cel­e­bra­tion of the beau­ti­ful game going on at Mar­tin Luck­ie Park, Berham­pore 9am — 5pm.

Cul­ture Kicks is a mul­ti eth­nic foot­ball fes­ti­val with five-a-side teams from Welling­ton rep­re­sent­ing coun­tries from around the world bat­tling it out on the pitch for a chance to take home the 2010 tro­phy.

There will be Columbian dancers, African drum­ming, music from Matiu Te Huki and Lion dancers from the Chi­nese Sports and Cul­tur­al Cen­tre.

The day kicks off with Bel­la Kalo­lo singing the New Zealand Nation­al anthem (the woman has some pipes!) and prize giv­ing will be at 3.45pm.

With around 40 teams rep­re­sent­ing over 20 coun­tries you don’t have to pick just one team to sup­port.  A few team names to give you the flavour of the day: Havana Hus­tlers, Tar­tan Army, Uni­ty Arabs, Soma­li Eagles, Los Deca­dentes, Kore­an White Angels, West African Kiwis. 

There will be healthy food­stuffs on offer from the Hari Krish­nas, so all you need are your chants and some sun­block (well let’s face it, you should prob­a­bly bring a rain­coat too, this is Welling­ton after all).