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24th Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar – Family Day
March 30, 2019 @ 7:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
Free
Saturday, March 30
11:00am – 3:00pm (drop-in)
Fairview Elementary School (500 W. 7th St., Bloomington)
Free and open to the public
The Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar is a free multicultural arts-and-education event for kids and families. Created in 1996 with the help of area teachers, the World Bazaar has become a tradition in Monroe County schools — public, private, and charter — as well as in our community. Volunteers from the Bloomington community (and around the world) present arts, music, language, and international crafts at a vibrant multicultural fair in the gymnasium of Fairview Elementary. Over 40 activity stations take families on a globetrotting adventure – so grab a Blossoms passport at the door, and go! Featuring hands-on activities, exploration of world cultures, and live performances. Appropriate for all ages, but especially fun for kids K-6. Children must be accompanied by parents/guardians.
Activities:
-Turkic song and dance
-fiber arts
-fruits and vegetables from around the world
-Arabic calligraphy
-limestone carving
-Latin American folk dance
-language discovery
-haiku and world poetry
-Ukrainian Pysanky egg decorating
-T.C. Steele murals
-Middle Eastern dance
-international arts
-instruments from around the globe
-Mărţişor Talisman
Performance Schedule:
11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Jungle Joe’s Flea Circus Flea Antics and More!
12:10 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Ritmos Latinos Indiana Salsa Dancing
12:35 p.m. – 12:55 p.m. Gumboot Dancing, IU African Studies Program South African Dance
1:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Adam Riviere: A One World Sound
1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Ballet Folklórico at IU Latin American Folk Dancing
2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Nefise Song and Dance from the Turkic World
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Bloomington Pipers’ Society Scottish Bagpipes Traditional Performance
Presenters:
All About Bellydance/Donna Barbrick Carlton
Ballet Folklórico at IU
Bloomington Community Orchard
Bloomington High School North Japan Club
Bloomington High School North Spanish Honors Society
Bloomington Pipers’ Society
City of Bloomington Latino Outreach – Community & Family Resources Department
Fiber Artisans
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at IU
Harpa Hungarica
Hoosier Hotcakes/Mitch & Eileen Rice
Indiana Limestone Symposium
IU African Studies Program
IU Arabic Flagship Program
IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
IU Center for the Study of Global Change
IU Center for the Study of the Middle East
IU Chinese Flagship Program
IU Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences
IU Dhar India Studies Program
IU East Asian Studies Center
IU Ethnomusicology Student Association
IU Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center
IU Institute for European Studies
IU International Outreach Council
IU Russian & East European Institute
IU Turkish Flagship Center
Jungle Joe’s Flea Circus/Joe Lee
LuAnne Holladay, Artist
Lotus Education and Arts Foundation
Lucky’s Market
Mathers Museum of World Cultures at IU
Monroe County Public Library
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
Nefise
Playground Productions Studio/Adam Riviere
Ritmos Latinos Indiana
Sue Westhues, Artist
T.C. Steele State Historic Site
Team First Book of Monroe County
Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
Ukrainian Cultural Association of Central Indiana
Writers Guild at Bloomington, Inc.