Congratulations to the beloved California artists honored this year with the 2021 National Heritage Fellowship  from the National Endowment for the Arts: Philippine Rondalla master Tagumpay de Leon of Burbank and Mexican-American rock band Los Lobos of Los Angeles!…
Vietnamese traditional music
Filipinx/Filipinx-American arts and culture
Filipino/Filipino-American Arts and Culture
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Yen Nguyen

Vietnamese Opera (Cải lương)
Laotian lanard
Promoting and preserving Lao culture
Empowering underserved communities
Pangalay dance of the Philippines
Through ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program, master artist Bernard Barros Ellorin has been working all year with his 2019 apprentice Kimberly (Kim) Kalanduyan in kulintang music from the Southern Philippines, which is played on a set of gongs that have different melodic…