Seattle Center Programs
Festál 2010
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| Hmong New Year Celebration |
November 6, 2010
Seattle Center House |
Nyob Zoo
The Lunar New Year is a time to welcome the prosperity of the coming year and the passing of the previous year. The Hmong New Year Celebration helps preserve the unique culture of this Southesast Asian highland culture that originates in the mountains of China, Laos and Thailand. Dance, traditional music, historical exhibits and the customary courtship ritural of ball tossing demonstrate this culture’s compelling legacy. Presented by the Hmong Association of Washington.
Did you know?
COLORS OF THE HMONG CULTURE: Purple and green. MOST POPULAR FOODS: Beef salad or "Laab," along with Hmong sausage (ground up pork, cilantro, ginger, green onions). The food staple is white rice, eaten with a variety of vegetables, hot peppers and boiled or fried meat. Soy fish and hoisin sauce; garlic, lemongrass and cilantro are common ingredients. GREATEST SOURCE OF CULTURAL PRIDE: The Hmong kinship and clan system, where regardless of geography, members are welcome within the same clan. LIVELIHOOD: Intricate clothing patterns or "flower clothes." Integrated cultivation of dry rice, maize, and opium poppy as a cash crop; silverwork and handmade (woven) clothing.
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Seattle Center Festál, a series of 22 world festivals presented at Seattle Center on weekends throughout 2010, highlights the distinct cultures and common threads of ethnic communities in our region through traditional and contemporary art, music, foods, youth activities, workshops and more. This collection of cultural events is produced with the generous support of Wells Fargo, Verizon Wireless, KUOW 94.9 Public Radio and Western Washington Toyota Dealers. Additional support is provided by Seattle Center Foundation and the City of Seattle. |
Hmong Association of Washington
P.O. Box 14492
Seattle, WA 98114
http://www.hmongassociationofwa.org
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Thanks to our Hmong New Year Celebration sponsors
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