{"id":4187,"date":"2025-10-15T04:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4187\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T04:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:03:08","slug":"photos-asian-heritage-celebration-brings-culture-and-community-to-levitt-pavilion-multimedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4187\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion | Multimedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1725\" height=\"1201\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68ef042eab187.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"139\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A member of XJ Star Academy performs \u201cZhijin Porcelain Elegance\u201d during the Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. The Dallas campus of XJ Star Dance is one of only two, with the other based in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Lucia%20Campos\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Lucia Campos<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Through colorful dances, cultural music and attire, the community celebrated the fourth annual Asian Heritage Celebration on Saturday at Levitt Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The event was presented by the Arlington Asian Heritage Celebration Committee and featured a fashion show of traditional garments, K-pop dances, lion dancing and sumo wrestling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Around 30 Asian cultures were represented throughout the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Attendees were also able to enjoy Asian cuisine and goods from vendors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68eb002bea8f2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Philippine Maharlika Dancers perform during the fourth annual Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. The event also featured K-pop dance performances, martial arts and a fashion showcase.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Samarie%20Goffney\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Samarie Goffney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"2014\" height=\"1029\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68ef0441ad969.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"102\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dance group XJ Elite performs a K-pop dance as part of the Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. K-pop groups emerged in the 1990s and their popularity has continued to grow internationally.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Lucia%20Campos\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Lucia Campos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1303\" height=\"1590\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68ef044cda577.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"244\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Dallas Thai Classical Performing Arts Group perform \u201cThe Dance of Glorious Miracles\u201d at the Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. Thailand is home to more than 80 different styles of dance.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Lucia%20Campos\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Lucia Campos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1652\" height=\"1254\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68eb00276f317.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"152\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dallas sumo wrestler Bijan Thomas wrestles with Chandrasekar Vasan, UTA computer science student, during the fourth annual Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. Vasan said he wanted to participate because he is into wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Samarie%20Goffney\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Samarie Goffney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Photos: Asian Heritage Celebration brings culture and community to Levitt Pavilion\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1939\" height=\"1069\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68eb00249d1eb.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"110\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brock Snow &amp; HuiTong Guzheng Music Studio perform during the fourth annual Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11 at Levitt Pavilion. They performed two songs, called \u201cBlue and White Porcelain\u201d and \u201cSong of a Brave Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Samarie%20Goffney\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Samarie Goffney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>@pixaperfect_ @luciascampos_<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/multimedia\/photos\/photos-asian-heritage-celebration-brings-culture-and-community-to-levitt-pavilion\/mailto:photo-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photo-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A member of XJ Star Academy performs \u201cZhijin Porcelain Elegance\u201d during the Asian Heritage Celebration on Oct. 11&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,4629,824],"class_list":{"0":"post-4187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news","11":"tag-multimedia","12":"tag-photos"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}