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Marly Winckler from Brazil, Chair of the IVU International Council, welcoming delegates - Thursday, October 3, 2013
Some of the delegates at the welcoming dinner, after the meal and the formalities. at the Kechara Oasis Buddhist restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, October 3, 2013.
Delegates came from Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Togo, UK, USA - and of course many from Malaysia.
The First Day in Malaysia - by Tuddow Inprasit from Thailand (16 photos on Facebook)
right: Part of the opening ceremony of the two-day conference at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur. The event was opened by the Deputy Minister of Health for the Malaysian Government. Friday, October 4, 2013
Very short (14 seconds) video of the dragons (right) by Bob Ratnarajah from Australia
More than 1,000 delegates attended the lectures, including 200 sent from the nutrition section of the Government Department of Health - which has since invited the Malaysian VegSoc to assist in formulating nutrition guidelines.
Below: Indian dancers from the opening ceremony, in the corridor between the four lecture rooms. Two were rooms for English, one Mandarin and one Tamil - all with many very high-quality lectures, predominantly on nutrition. Plus an area for cookery demos.
The Second Day in Malaysia - by Tuddow Inprasit from Thailand (in the suit above - 22 photos on Facebook)
Very short video (14 seconds) of the warm-up routine before the talks started, by Bob Ratnarajah from Australia
Above: some of the audience for the music, dancing and ceremonials at Lake Titiwangsa, Sunday, October 6, 2013. More than 10,000 visitors found their way around 100 food stalls.
Below: the West African food stall, run by visitors from Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, giving a great taste of the 42nd IVU World Vegfest planned for Accra, Ghana in October 2014:
Go Green Stay Healthy - photos from the Food Fair and around Kuala Lumpur, by Tuddow Inprasit from Thailand (in the cap above - 28 photos on Facebook)
Go Green Stay Healthy 2 - as above, 26 photos
The Asian Veg Union held its AGM during the event, and is now renamed 'Asia-Pacific Vegetarian Union (APVU)', with the President from Indonesia, General Secretary from Australia, committee from China, Thailand, India and Malaysia.
More to come soon about the trip to Penang
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