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NEWS RELEASE
Date: December 14, 2022
Contact: Nancy Heck
(317)571-2474 or media@carmel.in.gov
Release: Immediate
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Celebrating Carmel's Sister Cities
CARMEL, IN - Celebrate the culture and holidays of Carmel’s Sister Cities with a special display of holiday trees and information about traditions in Japan, China, Latvia and Italy. The trees are located at the Gazebo on the lawn of Carmel City Hall and will remain there throughout the holiday season.
The idea came from Andris Berzins of the Carmel-Jelgava Sister City Committee, one of Carmel’s newest sister cities, who approached the Mayor’s office about displaying a Christmas tree to represent Latvian heritage. Because the location of the city’s annual Christmas tree was changed from the Gazebo to the Christkindlmarkt, this presented a great opportunity to display Christmas trees to include decorations representing the heritage and culture of our four sister cities – Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan; Xiangyang, Hubei, China, Jelgava, Zemgale, Latvia; and Cortona, Arezzo, Italy. The trees were decorated by each sister city committee and are now on display at the Gazebo by City Hall. We invite the community to view the festive Christmas trees and learn about each sister city.
To learn more about each of Carmel's Sister Cities, click here.
Click the photos below for a closer look at the informational signs.
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