Baton Rouge Community College held its 8th annual International Education Festival Program on November 11-13, 2014. This program was a celebration of BRCC’s cultural diversity and it also offered students to experience cultures from around the world. The International Education Program had great events that I was able to experience and learn from. The events I attended: Mariachi band performance, a presentation on Bulgaria, the importance to learn a foreign language, and The Froggies band performance, were fun and amazing. These events gave me an insight on different activities that other cultures enjoy. The first event I attended was a great performance by the Mariachi band. The Mariachi band wore traditional uniforms. The instruments that the Mariachi band used were guitars, trumpets, and violins. The sound was amazing and I really enjoyed the song “La Bamba” that they played. Students in the union danced to the beat and enjoyed every moment of the band. It surprised me how quickly the students adapted to the music. It was great to experience a piece of their culture and it showed me how important this tradition means to them. The next event I attended was a power point presentation on the country Bulgaria. This presentation was very informational and also gave me an insight on this country. I learned that Bulgaria and Louisiana are extremely close in size. Bulgaria is 42,823sq/mi and Louisiana is 47,715sq/mi. This amazed me to know that a whole country is the size of the state that I live in. It also showed me that Louisiana is bigger in sq/mi and Bulgaria is fairly small. Bulgaria was founded in 681 A.D. and is mixed with different ethnics. KhanKubart was one of the creators of the Bulgarian state, and Bulgaria was under the Turkey rule for 500 years. While Bulgaria was under the turkey rule, the young boys of Bulgaria was taken back to Turkey and made into soldiers. Also if the teenagers were caught going to church the