The 20-year-old might live thousands of kilometres away from her home in south India, but she's determined to not to let that affect the way she lives her life in Wagga.

On Saturday she performed a traditional dance in front of hundreds of spectators at the Victory Memorial Gardens for the FUSION14 multicultural festival.

A graceful and sacred dance, Jeeva performed the thiruvathira kali, which involves a group of women following a circular, pirouetting pattern around a traditional lamp.

"People find it interesting," Jeeva said.

"We learnt it ourselves, we've seen it a lot. We're very into our culture, we give it a lot of importance and, wherever we go, we try to maintain it."

More than 20 nations were represented at the arts and culture festival at the weekend, as pop-up exotic food outlets lined the civic precinct and entertainers filled the gardens.

The street festival started four years ago as a celebration of multiculturalism in the city. The event is colourful, aromatic and, quite literally, a "fusion" of cultures.

This year, a number of performers came from Sydney and Melbourne.

St Vincent de Paul Society humanitarian program manager Deirdre Moulden hailed the festival a success.

"There's a lot of people down at the stage, there's a lot of people eating," she said.

"We're a multicultural city now.

"We've got so many cultures, languages, faiths, but we are one community.

"With all the terrible things that are happening around the world, this is a beautiful, safe event today."

Multicultural Council of Wagga manager Belinda Crane echoed the sentiment expressed by Ms Moulden.

"We have showcased the variety of cultures we have here in Wagga," she said.

"We've got people that have come here from everywhere and, you know what, they are very community-orientated and love this city."