THE Wimmera is home for a culturally diverse group of people who moved from countries all over the world.
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People of India, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Vietnam and Nepal are just a handful of cultures represented in the region's community.
This week, people throughout the region are celebrating the cultural diversity of the community and how it continues to evolve.
Pragya Kant was born in India. She lived with her husband in Israel for three years, migrated to Canada where they stayed for six years, then moved to Australia in 2011.
Dr Kant said career opportunities have taken her family across the world.
When her family moved to Australia, she said there was a choice between Horsham and Melbourne. But, her husband's preference was Horsham.
"It was a big decision and big move for a young family," she said.
"Everyone is welcoming no matter where we lived and did not discriminate. The more we stayed in one place, the more contact we had with other people."
Despite being a mother of two and working full-time at the Grains Innovation Park, Dr Kant has found the time to take on the role of president of the Oasis Wimmera migrant support group.
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She said the group has taught the community about respecting the cultures in the region and celebrating its diversity.
"It is a great way to help the community and this type of group can only happen in small places like Horsham," she said. "We don't have a group for just one nationality. We bring everyone together."
Eh Doe Soh of Laharum has lived in Australia for four years after spending 29 years of his life in a refugee camp in Thailand.
"Life in a refugee camp was hopeless. We were not allowed to go outside the camp otherwise we would be arrested by police and we did not have any jobs," he said.
After he moved to the region, he found a job at the Australian Wildflowers Farm and was learning English.
"When I started working here I became a team leader of the Karen workers and I'm now a supervisor," he said.
He was given the opportunity to share his story and culture to his new community this year at an Australia Day ceremony.
"On Australia Day, I was invited to share my life story at a ceremony where I met many different people," he said.
"I was able to share my culture with everyone through my story and the traditional Karen clothes."
Jeminah Angue of Horsham migrated from Papua New Guinea and she was now a student at Horsham College.
Jeminah said her family stayed connected to their culture through food.
"Each year on Papua New Guinea's Independence Day, we come together, celebrate our culture and cook different foods," she said.
As part of her school's Harmony Day celebrations, Jeminah said she has prepared a speech that shared her story.
She said she hoped this could educate her peers about her culture.
Horsham's Anubha Jalla Das was born and raised in India, but choose to migrate to the city four years ago with her family.
While originally nervous about the move, she remembered that Australia was "the land of opportunity."
"I danced back in India, but I never had that much opportunity than what I do now in Horsham," she said.
"Someone approached me after a performance at the Horsham Town Hall and I started to get more opportunities to perform on stage."
Since moving to Horsham, Mrs Jalla Das has helped other migrant families showcase their cultures through Taste of the World.
She also organised a playgroup for people to socialise and share their values and traditions.
"Taste of the World is where we make different dishes from all parts of the world. It is a good place to showcase talents and demonstrate each culture we belong to," she said.
"It is very important that we carry on our traditions and culture to the second generation who can pass it onto their children and so forth."
Eddie Nsanzimana of Horsham dedicated his career to helping young migrants feel a sense of belonging.
Mr Nsanzimana migrated from Tanzania to Adelaide then moved to Horsham when he was 14-years old.
"It was challenging because there were not a lot of migrants in the region. It was just my cousin and I who were from an African background," he said.
"The only thing that got me involved in the community was sport, but I have seen over the years that children who do not play sport find it very difficult and they become isolated."
This motivated him to start a multi-cultural youth group where young people from different backgrounds could socialise.
"I wanted to give them something different because most children in town can't afford to play sport especially when they are new to a country," he said.
"It gives them a sense of belonging and a voice in the community, which is especially important living in a rural region where sport is a big focus."
Horsham's P'leah Po Kyaut said she was born in Thailand, but belongs to the Karen culture.
"I have very faint memories of living there because I moved to Australia when I was three," she said.
"It is very important to me to stay connected to my culture. Us Karen girls learn our traditional dances and for new year's we learn a new dance and sing in Karen. We do all this to keep our heritage."
P'leah said she wanted to teach her peers about her culture because not many people are aware of the Karen ethnicity.
"At school this week we are holding a Harmony Day event where we are dancing, singing and hopefully teaching our school about our culture," she said.
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