The Far East comes nearer.Byline: The Register-Guard`THE WINDS OF ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. " is the theme of this year's Oregon Asian Celebration, which will take place Saturday and Sunday in the Lane County Convention Center at the fairgrounds. Presented by the Eugene/Springfield Asian Council, the Asian Celebration features arts, crafts, dance, martial arts, cooking demonstrations and plenty of Asian delicacies. The celebration will open each day with taiko
One of the highlights this year will be a screening of the animated Japanese film "Princess Mononoke" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St. Tickets are $4, and proceeds will go to a scholarship fund set up by the Asian American Foundation of Oregon. Other events include dances from Japan, India, the Middle East, Nepal, Hawaii and the Philippines. Japanese kimonos, Indian saris and other fashions from Pakistan and Nepal will be displayed at 1 p.m. Sunday in a show sponsored by Kyoto Kimonos and Urmi Imports. Cooking demonstrations will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday and will feature favorites from the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, China and Vietnam; Custard Mochi of Japan, Korean Boulgogi and Vietnamese-style Crab are a few of the dishes. A food court also will offer Asian food to order. Martial arts, including Chinese kung fu and Korean tae kwon do tae kwon do Korean martial art resembling karate. It is characterized by the use of high standing and jump kicks as well as punches and is practiced for sport, self-defense, and spiritual development. In sparring, blows are stopped just short of contact. , will be demonstrated throughout the celebration. On Saturday, competitors from the Washu martial arts championship will come by for a 3 p.m. demonstration. Undarmaa Enkhbat, a sophomore at South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. , will play the yatga - a Mongolian zither zither (zĭth`ər), stringed musical instrument, derived from the psaltery and the dulcimer. It has a flat sound box over which are stretched from 30 to 45 strings; these are plucked with the fingers and a plectrum. In the 18th cent. with a a movable bridge - at 3:10 p.m. Saturday. New this year is a stage devoted to quieter forms of Asian culture. The venue will feature a Japanese tea ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony (茶道, chadō, or sadō, or chanoyu - "the way of tea") is a traditional ritual based on Taoism (Daoism) and influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered green tea, or , narcissus Narcissus, in the Bible Narcissus (närsĭs`əs), in the New Testament, Roman whose household was partly Christian. Narcissus, in Roman history Narcissus, d. A.D. bulb carving and a bonsai bonsai (bōn`sī), art of cultivating dwarf trees. Bonsai, developed by the Japanese more than a thousand years ago, is derived from the Chinese practice of growing miniature plants. demonstration. At noon on Sunday, festival co-chairman Ken Nagao will teach a class on bulb carving; the entry fee is $5. At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Richard Page, a master kite builder, will host a free class on Japanese kite-making. Other featured artistic techniques include Vietnamese lacquer painting, temari fiber arts (threadballs), Japanese wood-block printing and Chinese brush painting. Children's events such as tae kwon do and origami The code name for Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC. See Ultra-Mobile PC. demonstrations, Asian stories and calligraphy will be offered as well. More than 70 local vendors will be displaying their goods at the festival. A silent auction will feature jewelry, textiles, ceramics, scrolls and other goods. OREGON ASIAN CELEBRATION WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHERE: Lane County Convention Center at the fairgrounds, 896 E. 13th Ave. HOW MUCH: $4 for adults, free for children 12 and under; Bi-Mart stores have dollar-off coupons INFORMATION: 687-9600 or www.asiancelebration.org MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE Saturday 10 a.m. - Doors open 10:45 a.m. - Japanese drumming (Waka Daiko) 11 a.m. - Japanese songs and dance (Yujin Gakuen Japanese language immersion school) Noon - Chinese lion dance (Chinese-American Benevolent Association) 12:20 p.m. - Contemporary East Indian dance (Archena Singh) 12:25 p.m. - Filipino Tinkiling dance (Monica Christoffels) 12:30 p.m. - Japanese koto koto (kō`tō), a Japanese string instrument related in structure to the zither. It consists of an elongated rectangular wooden body, strung lengthwise with 7 to 13 silk strings. (Masumi Timson) 12:50 p.m. - Fashion show (Indian saris and Japanese kimonos) 1:20 p.m. - Indonesian dance and song 1:35 p.m. - Nepalese dances (Ermala Mali, choreographer) 1:55 p.m. - Halau Hula O Lehua Ilima (Bonnie Kaauwai, choreographer) 2:30 p.m. - Indian folk dances of the Punjab region (Satpavan Khalsa, choreographer) 3:10 p.m. - Mongolian instrumental music (Undarmaa Enkhbat) 3:20 p.m. - Pag-Ibig and Hui O Anuenue (Lily Sullivan, choreographer) 4 p.m. - Japanese folk dances (Seiko Kikuta, choreographer) 4:15 p.m. - Japanese drumming (Eugene Taiko) 4:40 p.m. - Middle Eastern Dance The Middle East (Near East, Southwest Asia) has a rich and varied tradition of dance, spanning all of the Arab world, Anatolia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and also much of Central Asia and South Asia. Guild of Eugene (Kathy Gunson, coordinator) 5:15 p.m. - Kulintang Ensemble (Pamela Costes, choreographer) Sunday 10 a.m. - Doors open 11 a.m. - Indonesian orchestra (Gamelan gamelan Indigenous orchestra of Java and Bali and, more generally, of Indonesia and Malaysia. A gamelan usually consists largely of gongs, xylophones, and metallophones (rows of tuned metal bars struck with a mallet). Gamelan polyphony is complex and many-voiced. Sari Pandhawa) Noon - Japanese drumming (Waka Daiko) 12:20 p.m. - Chinese lion dance (Chinese-American Benevolent Association) 12:40 p.m. - Kulintang Ensemble (Pamela Costes, choreographer) 1 p.m. - Middle Eastern dance (Annette Brinton) 1:10 p.m. - Fashion show (Indian saris and Japanese kimonos) 1:45 p.m. - Indonesian song and dance 2 p.m. - Halau Hula O Lehua Ilima (Bonnie Kaauwai, choreographer) 2:35 p.m. - Ifugo Dance Troupe (Jacqueline Friesen, artistic director) 3:10 p.m. - Wushu wu·shu also wu shu n. The Chinese martial arts. [Chinese (Mandarin) w  shù : w (University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. martial arts club)
3:30 p.m. - Hula Halau O Na Kaikuahine (Leilani Beymer, choreographer) 4:10 p.m. - Troupe Americanistan (Denise Gilbertson, choreographer) 4:50 p.m. - Japanese drumming (Eugene Taiko) CAPTION(S): Eugene Taiko will take the Asian Celebration stage Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The Chinese Lion Dance starts each day. OREGON ASIAN CELEBRATION WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHERE: Lane County Convention Center at the fairgrounds, 896 E. 13th Ave. HOW MUCH: $4 for adults, free for children 12 and under; Bi-Mart stores have dollar-off coupons INFORMATION: 687-9600 or www. asiancelebration.org Drumming up interest |
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