Berlin.
Ambassador Maria Cleofe R. Natividad hosted a farewell dinner for outgoing Georgian Ambassador to Germany, H. E. Gabriela Archduchess of Habsburg-Lothringen. The occasion also commemorated the 2013 International Women’s Day whose theme for this year is “The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum.”
Fashion designer Fernandina Sandico Ong capped the occasion by presenting Philippine banana fabric with a mini fashion show demonstrating the various forms of her wrap fashion.
Dita Sandico-Ong demonstrates how to wrap creatively the banana fabric pieces.
From Left to Right: Princess Corinna von Anhalt; Mme. Daniela Xuereb; Ambassador Natividad; Ms. Brigitte Ory, Director of Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific-Federal Foreign Office; Dr. Anna Prinz, Division Head of Academic Relations and International Culture-Federal Foreign Office; H. E. Gabriela Archduchess of Habsburg-Lothringen, State Minister Cornelia Pieper, Federal Foreign Office; Fernandina Sandico-Ong, Fashion Designer; Ms. Ilka Hartmann, Vice-President, Commerzbank Berlin; Ms. Mania Feilcke, President of Ambassadors’ Club Berlin; Dr. Inge Fromm; H. E. Kornelija Utevska-Gligorovska of Macedonia; and H. E. Sarojini Seeneevassen-Frers of Mauritius
Left to Right: State Minister Cornelia Pieper, Federal Foreign Office; H. E. Maria Cleofe R. Natividad;H. E. Gabriela Archduchess of Habsburg-Lothringen
