Daviot comes together for the Refugee Festival Scotland

YOU, ME and a cup of tea was the friendly theme on Sunday afternoon at Daviot village hall near Inverurie.

The aim was to provide a welcome amalgam of local folk and newcomers, refugees and asylum seekers.

The Daviot event was part of Refugee Festival Scotland, Friday June 16 to Sunday June 25.

One of the organisers Patrica Findlay of Aberdeen Interfaith explained: " We wanted it to be an opportunity for local people to meet and get to know some of of our new-comers from the Middle East and Ukraine.

"Similar events are being held in Huntly, Elgin, Ellon and Aberdeen."

There was no doubt as an exercise in friendly fraternisation it was a great success.

Refreshments were also a happy marriage of local baking and Syrian and Ukrainian traditional delicasies.

Barthol Chapel entertainer Alison Hepburn got everyone joining in her sing-along, hand-clapping, toe-tapping when they didn't know the Doric songs.

There was an informal questionnaire Me and my family where guests were invited to tell about their own families and where they came from.

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