Cherry Blossom Festival - Spring 2009
Welcome to the 2009 Northern California Cherry Blossom festival! In April of 2009, The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated its 42nd year, and it is one of California's most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions. Thousands of people attend this festival each year, that showcases the diversity of the Japanese American community. The festival is hosted in public parks, adjacent to city community centers, and the place offers an ideal atmosphere for street fairs, as well as for indoor demonstrations and stage performances.
People enjoy browsing through various booths that showcase culture and customs of the Japanese people, like Origami (art of paper folding) and ikebana (art of flower arrangement). There is Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, a food bazaar featuring Japanese cuisine and cooking demonstrations. The Japanese classical and folk dancers keep us entertained in the indoor stages, while the Taiko drummers add to the energetic environment from the outdoor stages.
Ikebana | Dolls | Origami |
Embroidery |
Painting | Taiko |
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Comments
rajamma_2
Sat, 2009-05-23 19:03
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Lata, in Japanese attire ur Kitty is glittering!
jayamohan
Sun, 2009-05-24 06:53
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Lata, nice to know about the festival,I enjoyed all the artworks!
judelined
Mon, 2009-05-25 03:58
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Interesting piece Lata - thanks for sharing..
diya
Tue, 2009-05-26 20:38
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what does "domo" mean???
I like the bows you put on the kitty's hair!!!
gowri_ana
Wed, 2009-05-27 06:45
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In Japanese "Domo" means "Thank you". Infact "Thank you very muuch" is "domo arigatao goosaimasu".
InduSri
Wed, 2009-05-27 12:29
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Beautiful dolls.....
vijaya laxmi
Mon, 2009-06-01 08:03
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Hai Akka
Lata
Mon, 2009-06-01 08:52
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Yes thangai, sollunga...
gowri_ana
Tue, 2009-06-02 23:02
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Hi latha, Thats my sister vijayalaxmi narayanan, She found my comment and wanted to give a short msg to me,since missing me lot as i came back from india, I told her not to comment like this
lanka_srivalli
Fri, 2009-06-05 05:02
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Very nice of u to share these kind of things with us!!
All of them are danm good. people there must have enjoyed the festival very well! thank u once again for sharing with us madam!!