Carteret
Ethnic Day
September 10, 2005
Carteret
Park, Carteret, NJ
(sponsored: Borough of Carteret, NJ)
An annual Ethnic Day and Craft Fair; featuring various ethnic food courts, arts and crafts vendors and exhibitors,
music and an entertainment from various ethnic groups and children's rides and much more.
“Our
Community Is Fair”
September 25, 2005 at 3:00 pm
(October 2 – raindate)
East Brunswick Municipal Complex
1 Jean Walling Civic Center
East Brunswick, NJ
(sponsored: Township of E. Brunswick)
An event that you will experience - the rich, colorful and ever-growing diversity of East Brunswick cultural community
will entertain you with their festivities of continuous cultural entertainment on stage, cultural craft vendors exhibitors,
ethnic food courts, children's games of different cultures, and many more.
Multi-Ethnic
Celebration Day
October 16, 2005, Sunday at 3:00pm
United Methodist
Church
Corner of Berwyn
Street & Overlook Terrace
Union, New Jersey
A multi-ethnic celebration.
“Art
in the Gardens” Event
October 22, 2005 at 2:30pm
Elizabeth, New Jersey
(sponsored: Union County Division
of Cultural & Heritage
Affairs)
An event which is part of the Jersey
Arts Series, a statewide promotion for Arts & Humanities Month 2001 highlighting all forms of art including music, dance,
visual art and literary art.
American Cancer
Society
Fundraising
Project Preview Event
February 18, 2006, Saturday
Sheraton
Hotel
Newark Airport Area
Newark,
NJ
Palaspas Workshop
April __, 2006, Saturday
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
1050 River
Road, Piscataway, NJ
(sponsored: Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission)
Palaspas (Domingo de Ramos) is
celebrated throughout the Philippines on Palm Sunday to commemorate the welcoming of Christ into the city of Jerusalem.
Palaspas are young palm fronds that are woven into intricate designs and often decorated with color papers flowers.
This delicate art of weaving palms comes from generations of practice within the family unit. The blessed palm fronds
are distributed and sometimes burned and used for medicinal purposes. It is believed that families with blessed palaspas
are protected from evil, natural disasters, or illness. Also, during this particular occasion, special food like the
Patopat or Suman is prepared ahead of time. The mixed flavors from the palm leaves, coconut, and sweet rice give diners
a delicious aroma and a creamy taste.
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Philippines
Independence Day
June 11, 2005
Municipal Complex
Carteret, NJ
(sponsored by: Borough of Carteret)
This is in commemoration fo Philippine Independnce Day, June 12, 1898. Filipinos remember how Emilio Aguinaldo
led the People struggle for Philippine Independence. When it was over, he gathered his troops in his house in Kawit
& then stood on the balcony of his house while Julian Felipe's composition, the Marcha Nacional Flipina was played and
the Philippine National Flag wa shoisted for the first time. His advise, Ambrosio Bautista, boldly spoke the "Act of
the Declaration of Independence". The document was signed. Filipinos rejoiced as free men.
Workshop on Singkil Dance: a Filipino Dance
Epic
June 4, 2005 at 2:00 pm
Plainsboro Municipal Complex
41 Plainsboro Road
Plainsboro, New Jersey
(sponsored by: Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage commission and
the Folklife Program for New Jersey)
This is perhaps one of the oldest Filipino dances, the Singkil recounts the Darangan, an epic legend of the Marano
people of Lanao del Sur in Mindanano. This epic, writtein the 14th century, tells the fateful story of Princess Gandingan,
who is caught in the middle of a forest during an earthquake caused by diwatas or forest fairies. In the dance, the
earthquake is represented by the clapping and criss-crossing of bamboo poles, which the dancers expertly weave and skip in
and out of. The dancers also manipulate large, colorful fans called apir, which represent the auspicious winds.
To this day the royal princesses of the Sulu Archipelago are required to learn this noble yet difficult dance.
Palaspas Workshop
March 19, 2005,
Saturday
East Jersey Olde Towne Village
1050 River Road, Piscataway, NJ
(sponsored: Middlesex County Cultural &
Heritage Commission)
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