Guests traveled to eight countries in one hour and dove right into different cultures at the Culture Show Friday.

Emcees cracked jokes about racking up air mileage points from the long flights we were taking across continents.

The Culture Show, an annual tradition put on by ASLC and the International Club, consisted of dances, songs and a fashion show from cultures represented at Linfield.

The night began with a Taiko performance that included three pieces of traditional Japanese drumming.

Then, Clément Hossaert and Arun Bajracharya performed “La Valse à Mille Temps,” an old French song.

Khaing Sandee Lynn had a beautiful performance of a Burmese dance wearing traditional costume.

The 3 Wildgirls, consisting of two saxophones and a flute, played an instrumental Japanese piece.

Xiaochuan (Amanda) Ma sang an emotionally deep song about the want to return home and see loved ones again. She sang the theme song of the Chinese animation, “The Lotus Lamp”.

Linfield’s Spanish Club had a comedic performance that represented music and dance from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Spain.

Sarah-Michael Gaston, president of the Linfield Black Student Union, put together an informational video with interviews from Linfield students asking what black stereotypes they know. It also included conversations with black students about their perspective on the black community.

In Arun Bajracharya’s second performance of the night he sang a poetic Nepalese song titled “Pahilo Junima” which means “previous life/existence.”

The newly founded Waltz Club danced a six person Viennese Waltz to Strauss’s “Blue Danube.”

Ending on a high note, Natalie Nguyen, Aya Okawauchi and Anh Vo sang and played piano to a Vietnamese song, “Tinh Ve Noi Dau (Where do we go?)”.

After the student performances were completed, the emcees returned to narrate a fashion show which included students in traditional attires from different cultures such as Germany, Thailand, China and Burma.

Performers and audience members then proceeded down to Jonasson Hall for an array of free food from the cultures represented in the show.