CULTURES ON TAP AT PICNIC.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents will bring the food, music and dance of their ancestral ANCESTRAL. What relates to or has, been done by one's ancestors; as homage ancestral, and the like. homelands to Lancaster City Park on Sept. 12 for the fourth annual International Heritage Picnic. People can listen to traditional Korean or country music, sample enchiladas or hot dogs, or try their skill at tinikling - the Filipino dance in which dancers step between clapping bamboo bamboo, plant of the family Gramineae (grass family), chiefly of warm or tropical regions, where it is sometimes an extremely important component of the vegetation. It is most abundant in the monsoon area of E Asia. poles to mimic birds walking in rice paddies. ``It basically is a festival of the different cultures taking pride in their heritages, but coming together as Americans,'' Chairman Rudy Mamaril said. The picnic will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Lancaster City Park, 43011 10th St. W. Artwork by Antelope Valley Allied Arts Association members and Palmdale artist Luz Gonzalez will be displayed in the Stanley Stanley, town (1991 pop. 1,557), capital of the Falkland Islands, S Atlantic Ocean, on East Falkland island. It is the main port and trading center of the islands. The name is sometimes written as Port Stanley. Kleiner Activity Center, and booths will be set up under the trees behind it. The day will start with games at 10 a.m., followed at 11 a.m. by a parade of nations, people dressed in traditional costumes and led by an American flag. Samples of ethnic food will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and music, dance and other entertainment will run from noon to 3 p.m. More than a dozen organizations are confirmed to take part, including the Antelope Valley Black Heritage Council, the Antelope Valley Intertribal in·ter·tri·bal adj. Existing or occurring between tribes. Adj. 1. intertribal - between or among tribes; "intertribal warfare" Council, Bahai of Palmdale, Filipino American The Filipino American (Fil-Am for short) community is the largest Asian American group in the United States and the largest Southeast Asian American group. Filipino Americans are also the largest subgroup of the Overseas Filipinos. Association of Antelope Valley, Latins for Social Justice and the Palmdale Community Choir choir [O.Fr.] 1 A group of singers; traditionally the chorus organized to sing in a church. Usually, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran choirs are composed of men and boys, but occasionally in these churches and customarily in other Protestant . Among the dancers will be Chieko Noreen, who will perform traditional Japanese dances with the Kodama-Kai dance group. She learned to play the guitar-like samisen as a girl in Japan, but she didn't take up dancing until after she moved to Palmdale 11 years ago with her U.S. Air Force husband. ``When I sing I want to dance a little bit,'' she said. The picnic is intended to help people from different backgrounds meet and get to know and understand one another better, organizers said. The first picnic was organized in 1995 as a way to reduce crime, said David Hong, one of the founders. ``Once you know me, you're not going to hurt me,'' Hong explained. ``America - We are the world. Diversity is our strength.'' Antelope Valley groups interested in putting on their own entertainment during the picnic should contact Marty Spiva at (805) 947-6359. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Alex Littlebow and his grandson Grandson (gräNsôN`), Ger. Grandsee, town (1990 pop. 2,473), Vaud canton, W Switzerland, at the southwestern end of the Lake of Neuchâtel. , Yellowhawk, 5, perform an intertribal dance to preview the upcoming International Heritage Picnic. (2) Chieko Noreen of Palmdale performs a Japanese dance. Shaun Dyer/Special Daily News |
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