BRISTOL, CT. -- For eight hours Wednesday, ESPN's campus green became an international bazaar.
Mexican Mariachi bands, Norwegian perfume purveyors, Morrocan Gyro vendors and Laotian interpretive dancers congregated on the lawn to give their fellow employees windows into their worlds. It was all part of the company's Fourth Annual Multicultural Fair.
Employees representing many cultures set up 24 booths providing everything from literature about the Central Connecticut area's growing Jamaican population to samples of Scandanavian dishes from local restaurants. More than 900 employees took breaks from their workdays to participate in the event.
For Michelle Martin, a graphics supervisor with ESPN for seven years, the Multicultural Fair is annual highlight.
"I've heard music and tasted food I otherwise never would have appreciated," said Martin between bites of French Canadian rattlesnake.
"And it's helped me learn more about my friends and colleagues. I never knew that Joe Smith, another graphics supervisor I've worked with for years, is originally from Belize and used to run a tour company there. I came here and now I know."
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