Thursday, April 24, 2008

14th Annual Arizona Asian Festival, Phoenix

Saturday, 19 April 2008

It was the 2nd of the 3 days festival. There were booths of different countries, displaying their respective products and food. What attracted most was the stage shows.

Doing the Tinikling, a traditional and popular Philippines Folk dance, that involves the hitting of two bamboo sticks by 1 person at each end.

This was not a dance. It was a Taiko performance - very interesting. Taiko drumming is a Japanese culture.


I would like to see Thai dancing because I think they are beautiful and very graceful, but the performance was only on Sunday, and I wouldn't be coming back. However I got to see Thai fashion. It is funny seeing non-Asian ladies modelling in Thai dresses, but anyhow both the models and the dresses are pretty.

What was disappointing for me is there were no Malaysian representatives? Someone told me there are Malaysians in their association but there is no director for the festival. I also noticed there weren't any Singaporean booths as well.