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annual event is held in October at Queeny Park in West County. There are
exhibitors from many different cultural groups displaying crafts and
artifacts from their home country. There are also demonstrations
including Japanese Kanji writing (they'll try to interpret your name),
sculpting, cooking, handcrafts, drumming, singing, storytelling, etc. They have two performance stages for folk-dancers and musical groups. They run several hours of programming on Friday evening, all day Saturday (including evening) and most of Sunday. |
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| Mariachi Los Compadres - perennial favorites, they often perform while the stage is being re-set for the special Saturday evening show. | |||
 This gentleman was from the Ivory Coast and performed dances from several different tribes of that area. |
The Japanese School (in St. Louis) performs traditional dances. |
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These Panamanian dancers (seen off-stage and from the back so you can see the detail of their beautiful costumes) also perform at the Hispanic festival every year. I really like watching them perform, they seem to enjoy themselves. | ||
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Watching the crowd is fun, many show up in their best native costumes; it's a wonderful sight. This very pretty young lady was waiting patiently for her family. |
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