{"id":22211,"date":"2014-08-16T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T01:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22211"},"modified":"2014-11-12T12:18:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T04:18:02","slug":"kultura-fest-showcases-philippine-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/16\/kultura-fest-showcases-philippine-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Kultura fest showcases Philippine culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2C2A8914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22212\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2C2A8914.jpg\" alt=\"2C2A8914\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2C2A8914.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2C2A8914-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2C2A8914-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since it started in 2006, Kapisanan\u2019s Kultura Filipino Arts Festival has celebrated Filipino culture, arts, cuisine and heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The festival featured cultural pride and talent of Filipino-Canadian artists. Its programs and activities told the Filipino story through art as a means for empowerment. With support from the Ontario government, Filipino artists, performers and chefs were able to connect to their roots and claim their presence as Filipinos in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>From August 7 to 10, the Kultura Filipino Arts festival in Toronto, Canada, brought fun, artistic, interactive and delectable experience for Filipino-Canadian communities.<br \/>\nNoted chefs Rudy and Basilio provided a delicious dining experience at Get Nostalgic: Kapisanan\u2019s 2nd annual fundraiser dinner on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The Out Here: Clutch and Nav exhibit which opened on Aug. 7, featured artworks from intensive workshops and art-based cultural immersion programs by young men and women.<\/p>\n<p>A night of poetry was established with emerging Filipino-Canadian poets performing their works at Kabangka on Aug. 8 onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Filipino historian Carlos Celdran starred in, \u201cIf these Walls could Talk,\u201d a two-hour theatrical performance on Aug. 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Carlos Bulosan Theatre showcased a collection of stories from its canon of work at Tales from the Flipside: A New World Being Born on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Also at Kain Kalye, visitors were able to savor mouth-watering traditional Filipino roadside dishes served by Toronto\u2019s top Filipino restaurants. There was also a Filipino Street Eats Competition on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>At Kultura Marketplace, authentic Filipino handicrafts made by vibrant and innovative Filipino-Canadian artists and entrepreneurs were on sale.<\/p>\n<p>And for the festival\u2019s finale, festival-goers enjoyed the live entertainment brought by Filipino-Canadian musicians, dancers and spoken word poets at Kultura Live! Stage on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are absolutely thrilled about how the festival went this year. The festival attendance swelled to over 3500 people over the weekend, Filipino-Canadians, as well as a diverse cross section of Toronto and beyond,&#8221; said Kapisanan Philippine Centre Executive Director Caroline Mangosing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kultura delivered the best of young, Filipino-Canadian talent in music, contemporary art, theatre, poetry, and food in Toronto, and at a very high level at that. We couldn&#8217;t be more proud,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it started in 2006, Kapisanan\u2019s Kultura Filipino Arts Festival has celebrated Filipino culture, arts, cuisine and heritage. 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