Cleveland hosts Asian Heritage Day celebration at City Hall

CLEVELAND — The town of Cleveland’s Group Relations Board hosted their annual Asian Heritage Day celebration Wednesday, which celebrated all of the accomplishments of Ohio’s numerous Asian group.

Group leaders gathered to acknowledge Asian People within the northeast Ohio space who’re making a distinction of their neighborhoods. 

A number of cultural performances passed off, together with one from Hsa Win, who carried out a Karen dance, to honor the ethnic group from Myanmar.

Mark Zhang showcased the Chinese language dramatic artwork of Face Altering on stage.

Visitors who stayed for the dinner feasted on Himalayan meals. The selection of meals represents the Nepali and Bhutanese communities, which is one in all northern Ohio’s largest refugee populations.

Johnny Wu sits on Cleveland’s Group Relations board as an adviser. He mentioned the occasion is an effective way to honor the various historical past and the heritage of Asian People.

“It’s a month to have a good time the Asian-Pacific heritage within the sense of America is constructed with a number of range ethnic teams and this can be a month we have a good time that [in] the town of Cleveland. We wish to have a good time as a complete, and in addition socialize and let individuals find out about our tradition, our ethnic teams and have a good time,” Wu mentioned.

Wu added he believes the board has hosted the Asian Heritage Day Occasion yearly for at the least 20 years.

This celebration was held just some days after the Cleveland Asian Pageant passed off in Asia Plaza. Roughly 30,000 individuals attended the pageant that honors Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.