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Saturday, May 18
All Day Julian Wild and Scenic Film Festival
10:00 AM Greek Taverna Cooking Class
10:00 AM Larry Itliong: Hero of the United Farm Workers
11:00 AM Wild West Fest
01:00 PM Workshop: Chinese Calligraphy & The Heart Sutra
04:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
05:00 PM 103rd Festa of the Holy Spirit Bazaar
06:00 PM Rwandan Orphans Project Annual Fundraiser
07:30 PM Flamenco Dinner Show
08:00 PM Stage: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
08:00 PM Stage: Occupy the Rice Fields
08:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
Sunday, May 19
All Day 20th Annual Sicilian Festival
All Day Julian Wild and Scenic Film Festival
10:00 AM 103rd Festa of the Holy Spirit Bazaar
02:00 PM House of Israel Lawn Program
02:00 PM Stage: Occupy the Rice Fields
02:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
Tuesday, May 21
10:00 AM Free Admission to Mingei International Museum
10:00 AM Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden
06:00 PM Opera Tuesday At Operacaffe
07:00 PM Concert: AfroJazziacs
07:30 PM Lecture Series: Bluegrass
07:30 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
Wednesday, May 22
02:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
06:30 PM Gypsy Music: The Gypsy Swing Cats
07:00 PM Cooking class: Sushi Making Class
07:30 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
Thursday, May 23
All Day Frequency Film Festival
07:30 AM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
06:00 PM Classical Music of India and Iran
08:00 PM Comedy: No, I'm Not Australian!
08:00 PM Stage: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
09:00 PM Argentine Tango
Friday, May 24
All Day Frequency Film Festival
06:00 PM Lebanese Festival
08:00 PM Comedy: No, I'm Not Australian!
08:00 PM Stage: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
08:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
09:00 PM Concert: AfroJazziacs
Saturday, May 25
All Day Frequency Film Festival
09:00 AM Lebanese Festival
04:00 PM Stage: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
04:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
07:30 PM Flamenco Dinner Show
08:00 PM Comedy: No, I'm Not Australian!
08:00 PM Stage: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
08:00 PM Stage: Fiddler on the Roof
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Home to 48 million people, South Korea takes great pride in its traditions and history. A great example is its delightful food culture that, despite having influenced by other cultures over time, has remained unique among the world’s cuisines.

By Julie Park
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San Diegans no longer have to travel 100 miles North to Artesia in order to experience the richness of Indian cuisine and culture. Little India on Black Mountain Road encompasses the Indian spirit in every way. Located on Black Mountain Road, a block north of Miramar Road, Little India consists of a number of restaurants and stores that act as a haven for South Asians and anyone else who enjoys Indian food and culture.

By Lakshmi Appachar
Photos by Jayanth Mandayam & T. Johnston-O’Neill
2013 Article Update by Akshata Yerdoor

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The Center for World Music is a unique nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster awareness and understanding of the world's diverse performing arts and cultures through public performances and teaching. Its primary purpose is to draw public attention to the diversity of the world’s performing arts traditions: Asian, African, European, Latin American, and American.
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The local band Mariachi Juvenil de San Diego dazzled the audience at the 2012 Harmony and Motion International Music and Dance Festival. As we gear up for this year's festival, we thought we'd give you the lowdown on the tradition of Mariachi music. Just in time for this year's Cinco de Mayo celebrations!

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Internationally popular, Taiko drumming is a relatively new performance tradition that employs traditional Japanese instruments in new and dramatic ways. Jazz drummer Daihachi Oguchi is credited with creating Kumi-daiko style of Taiko in 1951. The sound is exuberantly loud with complex rhythms and dramatic choreographed moves by performers which meld music with angular and precision movement (amplified in effect by black headbands), evoking a martial arts esthetic.

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Step under the archway entrance to the "village" and you will be greeted by a meandering plaza paved with pastel painted flagstones surrounded by stuccoed cottages with red tile roofs. In the center of the plaza sits a gazebo and a varied collection of charming trees and plants add to the air of quaint serenity. One of the more spectacular studios hosts the paintings of an artist named Lucy Wang, who for the past twenty years has been creating stunningly beautiful paintings that combine tradition-rich techniques of Chinese brush painting with her own path-breaking and innovative techniques.

By Jackie Hwang

Spanish Village Photos by Nuelma Patio
Additional Images: Lucy Wang

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Many travelers may be looking for personal relaxation on their trip. They may want to stay in pampering hotels, sightsee via day trips with local guides, and eat at nice restaurants to get a taste of the country they are in. WWOOF is not for them. But there are others who travel to get a better sense of the world, to learn new perspectives, and to experience what it is to live in another country. If you are this type of traveler, WWOOF may provide exactly what you are looking for.

By Jordan Tresham

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We asked several San Diego nonprofits to write about their cross-cultural projects and efforts. Ken Barratt, the National Outreach Director for QBL (who is based here in San Diego), submitted the following report for our continuing Spotlight Series. In addition to describing the vital clean-water development work accomplished by the Quaker Bolivia Link, Barratt offers astute observations on why some development efforts succeed and why others fail.

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The music of Brazil is fundamental to its culture. Any traveler to Brazil can easily find music on the streets and beaches, outside restaurants, and in bars and houses. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazilians grow up playing drums, dancing and/or singing. Brazilian music was born five centuries ago out of the melding of different cultures: Portuguese, African, and the indigenous Amerindian. The two most successful musical genres to come out of Brazil are Samba and Bossa Nova.

By Hazel Villasin and Julie Park

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