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ASIAN
FESTIVAL 2008
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poster to view enlarged version)
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LOCATION: Heritage Park
(Location: 115 N. Sixth St., Phoenix, AZ 85004)
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DATES: Friday, April 18th - Sunday, April 20th
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TIME: Friday: 10:30a.m.
- 1:30p.m.
and
Saturday/Sunday: 10:00a.m.- 5:00p.m.
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ADMISSION IS FREE
East
meets West at the Annual Arizona Asian Festival. This
free festival features ethnic cuisine, arts and crafts, and
such diverse entertainment as martial arts demonstrations,
cultural dances and music from nearly a dozen Asian countries.
Highlights also include Japanese Taiko drums, a Chinese
orchestral
performance and a fashion show with traditional Asian costumes. The
Program Schedule (not available yet) outlines the
exciting 3 day performances, but keep in mind that items may be moved
around.
The
Arizona Asian Festival also presents a Children's
Wonderland, filled with arts and craft activities for kids. Youth will
be presented awards for the Essay
Writing and Poster Design Contest. There
will be Artists' demonstrations in Mehendi, an ancient Indian
body
art
painting, Chinese calligraphy and Japanese origami. Participants
also have the opportunity to learn
the ancient arts of taekwando
and t'ai chi chuan from local
masters.
Attendees
can taste a variety of Asian ethnic foods from
countries like Cambodia,
Thailand,
Korea,
China,
India,
Pakistan etc.
- The
Arizona Asian Festival is presented by the Arizona Asian
American Association
and supported by the City of Phoenix Parks,
Recreation & Library Department.
- Supported
by the
Arizona
Commission
on the Arts with funding from the State of
Arizona
National
Endowment for the Arts and
Arizona
ArtShare.
- Supported by the City of
Phoenix
with funding from the Phoenix
Arts
Commission.
- Salt River Project (SRP)
- City of Phoenix (Phoenix Arts
Commission)
- AZ Health and Asian Pacific
- Honeywell
- Intel
If you
would like to volunteer in organization of the festival, please send an
email to: kazmiarif@yahoo.com
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