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This programme is part of a week of special programming on 大象传媒 Radio Ulster,听reflecting on the diverse range of cultures that make Northern Ireland unique with Our Place.

From听August 24-31 our听schedule will feature stories from people from a range of different cultural backgrounds who live in Northern Ireland, highlighting the rich diversity of cultures and communities here.

Our Place week kicks off with Our Takeaway Love Affair.听In this half-hour programme John Toal travels across Northern Ireland to explore the influence different cultures have had on the culinary landscape and how eating trends have changed here through the years.

In the programme, listeners can discover how people in Northern Ireland spend more money on takeaway food than anywhere else in the UK as John visits a wide range of eateries to find out how this appetite for takeaway food developed.

John meets three generations of the Sinley family who own a Chinese takeaway in Cookstown and visits Ireland鈥檚 only Indian-Italian fusion restaurant in Londonderry, which offers听a curry pizza. John also talks to Olive Cafolla in Newtownards about Italians selling fish and chips.

Directly after Our Takeaway Love Affair, Lynette Fay will present her afternoon music show live from the Belfast Mela 鈥淔estival of Cultures鈥�.

At this special outside broadcast, Lynette will bring listeners the sounds, taste and colours from the festival in Belfast鈥檚 Botanic Gardens and feature live performances from the Bollywood Brass Band, The Discovery Gospel Choir, Virtue Dolis and many more.

From Monday to Saturday听A Day In The Life will feature stories from six people from different cultural backgrounds who have built a home in Northern Ireland.听 This series offers listeners an insight into a typical working day for a Lithuanian ice-cream van driver in Derry, a Malaysian heart surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, a Romanian community worker, a Jamaican poet from Antrim, a Polish PSNI officer on the beat in East Belfast and a Kenyan woman who runs a charity shop in Omagh.

Also from Monday 25 August- Friday 29 at 7.55am Thought For The Day will see people from different cultural backgrounds share their reflections on faith.

Listeners can also expect to hear a selection of special features reflecting on the diverse cultures in Northern Ireland peppered through many popular programmes on 大象传媒 Radio Ulster throughout the week.

In Irish language programme Blas, on August 27 at 7pm, Belfast-based chef 脡amonn 脫 Cath谩in will be heating things up in the Blas studio as he explores curry culture around the world, including a Caribbean version of the popular dish.

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