Join us for an afternoon dedicated to celebrating Dragon Boat Festival (端午節 Duān wǔ jié) with an intergenerational fashion show. Instead of dragon boat races, we'll be doing colorful catwalks around the tea shop. We invite you to dress in any traditional or modern wear from your culture or lineage, or any outfits and accessories that you make you feel great! This is a time to play and celebrate, so come with your kids and bring your friends & family of all ages! We are looking forward to seeing the array of texture, fabric, color in the air on this day.
Lin Family Snacks will be selling homemade Taiwanese southern style Zongzi, which is a glutinous rice stuffed with various ingredients including pork and peanuts, all wrapped and steamed in bamboo leaves. It is a traditional food eaten for Dragon Boat Festival.
1:30-2:30 Intergenerational Fashion Show
Instead of dragon boat races, we'll be doing colorful catwalks around the tea shop. We invite you to dress in any traditional or modern wear from your culture or lineage, or any outfits and accessories that you make you feel great!
Participants will receive a tea sample gift.
"If you have extra garments/fashion items you'd be open to sharing with the public, please bring them along! The more variety, the better!"
Fashion Show MC Tiff (Forest) Lin 林雨璇 : 1.5 gen Taiwanese American. Teance in-house Chinese BaZi Astrologer, MC, Cosmic Forest Fairy Hype person, Asian Diaspora community weaver, kinesthetic storyteller.
01:30-4:00: Purple Fire Gems ~ Local jewelry-maker Leslie Yee-Murata makes Asian-inspired earrings, pendants, and bracelets with semi-precious stones such as jade, carnelian, agate, and more.
3:00 - 4:00pm Live Music - Cello Solo Performance
Charlotte Wang is a PhD student in sociology and music has been a lifelong hobby! She plays cello with her band and with the Prometheus Symphony in Oakland, and is learning to sing and play the erhu.
This year Dragon Boat Festival is on Jun 10 (in Chinese Lunar calendar is May 5th).
Check out the origin/cultural background of the festival
here!
