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Celebrate the Sights, Sounds, Tastes of the World
November 3-5, 2006 at the Exposition Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds
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Festival Hours
November 3: 3 - 9 pm
November 4: 10 am - 9 pm
November 5: Noon - 6 pm
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The annual International Festival, brought to you by Hoosier Motor Club, is central Indiana's largest and oldest pan-ethnic celebration. The festival showcases Indiana's ethnic diversity, celebrates our ethnic traditions and encourages cultural exchange.
This year the International Festival will feature exhibits from the more than 50 ethnic groups represented in Central Indiana. They gather to share their rich cultural histories and traditions.
Highlights of the festival include cultural booths hosted by volunteers in traditional dress, authentic foods, artisans demonstrating unique cultural crafts, a naturalization ceremony, an international bazaar offering gifts from around the world and continuous ethnic music and dance by local and national performing groups. Special guest performers this year are the San Jose Taiko Drummers (see info below).
 Explore the diverse cultural and ethnic heritage of Indiana at the 30th Annual 2006 International Festival, presented by AAA Hoosier Motor Club. Highlights include cultural booths hosted by volunteers in traditional dress where you can connect with your own ethnic heritage, sample authentic foods, watch artisans demonstrating unique cultural crafts, view a naturalization ceremony, shop at an international marketplace, and listen to continuous ethnic music and dance.
On Thursday and Friday (November 2nd & 3rd) from 10 AM to 2 PM, the Festival hosts thousands of teachers and students who utilize the unique and exciting educational opportunities at the event. The Festival opens to the public on Friday, November 3rd at 2 PM.
Show your AAA membership card at the door and save $2 on adult tickets. Or purchase your tickets in advance at any Marsh supermarket. For more information, visit www.IndyInternationaFestival.org.
Taiko Drummers
San Jose Taiko has mesmerized audiences and critics with the powerful, spellbinding and propulsive sounds of the Taiko drums for three decades. Inspired by traditional Japanese drumming, company performers express the beauty and harmony of the human spirit through the voice of the Taiko as they strive to create new dimensions in movement and music.
 San Jose Taiko was founded in 1973 by young Asian Americans searching for an artistic and musical outlet to convey their unique experiences as third generation Japanese Americans, or Sansei. Looking to Japan for inspiration, they selected the symbolic Taiko or drum as their instrument of expression.
As a symbol, Taiko holds much of the essence and spirit of Japan, replete with continued possibilities, renewal and transformation. Its origins were found in the daily life of the common people. Priests used Taiko to dispel evil spirits and insects from the rice fields; Samurai used Taiko to instill fear in the enemy and courage in themselves; and the peasants used Taiko in their prayers for rain, in festivals, and in thanksgiving for bountiful harvests. The traditional practice and performance of Taiko requires dedication, physical endurance, harmony and a collective spirit.
San Jose Taiko has taken this essence and voice of the traditional Taiko and infused it with the vitality and freshness of their American spirit, creating a dynamic and compelling new Asian American art form. The artists use the power and beauty of Taiko to transcend cultural barriers and foster a greater understanding of the Japanese American culture. Taiko is so deeply a part of the traditions of the Japanese and the Shinto and Buddhist religions that it is considered to be both the essence and the heartbeat of the Japanese spirit.
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