San Joaquin Valley
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Little Manila Rising
Filipino American arts, culture, and advocacy
June 19, 2019
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Dance, Folklife/Other, Multi-genre, Music, Oral Traditions/Language
San Joaquin Valley
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Jennifer Malone
Jennifer Malone (Wukchumni, Tachi, Yowlumni) comes from a long line of basketweavers, including her grandmother, Beatrice Arancis, and her mother, Marie Wilcox. Jennifer is an active basketry teacher, has partnered with and displayed at many community events, and is a board member of the California Indian Basketweavers Association. Jennifer is…
June 19, 2019
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Visual/Craft/Material Arts
San Joaquin Valley
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Grupo Cultura Yoso Nuu Viko
Grupo Cultura Yoso Nuu Viko was formed in 2008 by parents and youth interested in preserving and transmitting indigenous Mixtec traditions and culture, specifically traditional sones and chilenas of the San Juan Mixtepec region of Oaxaca. Played on violins and guitars, this music plays a crucial role during social events such…
June 19, 2019
Organization
Music
San Joaquin Valley
In 2013, the Asociation de la Pelota Mixteca de California Central received funding from ACTA’s Living Cultures Grants Program for the Festival de la Pelota Mixteca, taking place each weekend between May and June. The Oaxcan game of pelota is played by men utilizing an ornate…
June 19, 2019
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Folklife/Other, Visual/Craft/Material Arts
San Joaquin Valley
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Patricia Zavala de Arias
Deshilado (des-ē-lah’-do), or Mexican openwork embroidery, is traditionally used on household items such as tablecloths, napkins, and linens. Openwork embroidery is the art of removing threads from a fabric to create a design over which embroidery is made. Patricia Zavala de Arias learned deshilado from her mother in her hometown…
June 19, 2019
Artist
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
San Joaquin Valley
In 1999, around 20 people native of San Pablo Tijaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, arrived in Taft, California (a small community in the southeastern part of Kern County). As it happens in many other places, more people from the same community continued to settle in Taft. Now over a decade later, there…
June 19, 2019
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Visual/Craft/Material Arts
San Joaquin Valley
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Grupo Folklorico Los Girasoles
Mexican folkloric dance
June 19, 2019
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Dance
San Joaquin Valley
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Juana Gomez
Mixtec traditional medicine
June 19, 2019
Artist
Folklife/Other
San Joaquin Valley