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| Sho Tay (left): Full of crap. |
Arcadia moves past racial tensions, sponsors Lunar New Year festival (Pasadena Star Newslink): For Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay, the election controversy nine months ago that divided residents and prompted Chinese American residents to accuse the City Council of racism was merely a blip on the radar.
With the issue resolved in June and Tay granted the ceremonial title of mayor, Tay said he was ready to bring people together and accomplish one of his goals: to hold cultural events that help residents of different cultures learn about one another.
“The more we understand each other’s culture, the better we understand each other as a whole,” Tay said.
With some help from Tay, the city, whose population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 44 percent Chinese in 2017, will sponsor Saturday’s Arcadia Lunar New Year Festival. Unlike the street festival events in such nearby cities as Alhambra and San Gabriel, Arcadia’s will be focused on cultural arts, said Maki Hsieh, executive director of the Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation.
Entertainment will include lion dancing, music performed with traditional Chinese instruments, Chinese drumming, a Beijing Opera performance and a qipao dress fashion show, Hsieh said. Crafts include decorating lanterns, fans, paper cutting, Chinese knots and porcelain decorating.
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