From Deseret News archives:
Service rings with diversity at Tabernacle
Sponsored by the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, the event included Alija Music of the Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake, dwarfed in front of the massive organ pipes, sounding an Islamic call to prayer that reverberated throughout the Tabernacle. Eight Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, draped in maroon and white robes, took the stage to chant a prayer designed to "dispel obstacles," using bells intermittently in unison to emphasize their petition to the divine.
The Khemera Cambodian Temple Dancers offered their "Prayer for Peace and Prosperity" with six young women doing a traditional "fan dance" to haunting Asian music.
The prayers, devotions and worship were as diverse as the crowd, which filled half the Tabernacle and seemed pleased with the variety of devotions and music.
After the amen, the rounded sound of a lone wooden flute filled the Tabernacle as Nino Reyos, a Ute/Pueblo, walked slowly from the back of the building to the podium, playing a melody that set the tone for prayer and music.
Liturgical dancers from Judge Memorial Catholic High School also danced their way up the aisles to the podium to guitar accompaniment in a dance of worship.
Utah Gov. Olene Walker praised the event as a reprise of the spirit felt in Utah during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, when the Roundtable held its first-ever musical tribute and helped generate a spirit of brotherhood and peace.
One group offered a guest performance from halfway across the world, as the Skylarks Choir from Moscow dressed in traditional costume entertained the crowd with a mixture of a capella singing, dance and accordion accompaniment. Two Jewish performers known as the Klez Bros. offered up some traditional folk music with clarinet and accordion, and the Ebenezer Church of God in Christ Gospel Choir got the audience fired up with traditional gospel numbers.
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