Malak Community Dinners share food and culture

Malak Community Dinners bring many cultures under one roof once a month to share food and artistic entertainment.
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Malak is located in the northern suburbs of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Recently arrived migrants and economically disadvantaged people often settle in this suburb and in the past racial tensions have caused conflict between African and Indigenous people resulting in crime and vandalism.


Malak, however, has another face. One that other suburbs in the Top End only envy – Malak Community Dinners. Every last Monday of each month, 200 hundred people gather in a local theatre to celebrate cultural diversity, artistic creativity and community.

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Oldrich Dubsky
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Oldrich Dubsky is the administration, marketing and project support officer at Darwin Community Arts Inc.