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Filipino Festival/ Barrio Fiesta in Austria!

Filipino Culture & Festival/ Barrio Fiesta in Austria! There are many types of Filipino in Austria with different dialects from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The major annual gathering for the Filipino community in Austria is the Barrio Fiesta, a Filipino festival in Vienna, the capital of Austria. They also gather not only at the festival, but also in the Christmas season where many of the Filipino community celebrate Christmas in every bundesland of Austria. Filipinos in Austria are either migrants from the Philippines or descendants of Philippine citizens who live in Austria, and are part of a broader pattern of migration from the Philippines. Everyone who migrates to Austria needs to learn the German language, which is the main language spoken in the country. This is very important if you live in Austria, so that you can communicate with people and also work, as many Austrians don't speak English. According to Wikipedia, roughly 30,000 Filipinos reside i