Seattle, WA
Dance, music, food to kick off AAPI Heritage Month Seattle celebration
Hum Bow Consuming Competition in 2017 (Image by John Liu)
SEATTLE — Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event begins at the Seattle Facility Depot on Might 1—the very first day of Nationwide Eastern American and also Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
Adhering to in 2014’s online celebration, this year includes 5 hrs loaded with programs, consisting of the constantly preferred Alan Sugiyama Hum Bow Consuming Competition, dancing teams, fighting styles, songs, and also much more.
“The Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Event is an occasion committed to commemorating the distinct and also unique AAPI societies and also neighborhoods that assist make Seattle unique,” claimed Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
The program starts at twelve noon with the International Lion Dancing Group and also opening up statements, and also concludes with Kaze Daiko Taiko and also shutting statements. In in between, MiYoung Margolis Dancing Collective, Huayin Carrying Out Arts Team, Halau Hula Ka Bouquet Mokihana | Ka Ua Noe, UWFASA Sayaw, Nikhil Bagga Band, Wu Shu Martial Arts, UW Vietnamese Trainee Organization Dancing Performers, Live2Dance Seattle, and also The Kompany will certainly carry out on phase.
The Hum Bow Consuming Competition will certainly start at 2 p.m., including cooks from 9 regional dining establishments and also pastry shops. Social efficiency video clips will certainly additionally be revealed, and also regional writer Cindy Wong-Li will certainly do a kids’s publication analysis of her publication, Starhug.
Even more info is offered at apiheritage.com.