{"id":54976,"date":"2017-09-21T19:03:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T19:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=54976"},"modified":"2017-09-22T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:02:46","slug":"hapa-palooza-fosters-cross-cultural-knowledge-and-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=54976","title":{"rendered":"Hapa-palooza fosters cross-cultural knowledge and celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hapa-palooza fosters cross-cultural knowledge and celebration<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Westender: Everything Vancouver<\/a>
\nVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
\n2017-09-20<\/p>\n

Tessa Vikander<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nParticipants dance during the family day portion of last year’s Hapa Palooza festival<\/a>, celebrating mixed race backgrounds. \u2014 Contributed photo<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Mixed-race artists use hybrid experience as creative spring-board<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHalfers\u201d are one of the fastest growing population groups and their experiences are informing a fresh wave of creativity, says Jeff Chiba Stearns<\/a>, co-founder of the Hapa-palooza festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now in its seventh year, the annual festival celebrating people of mixed backgrounds will hit Vancouver<\/a> this weekend, providing space for celebration as well as discussion on the nuances of hybrid identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon’t think of us as a special little subset of the Canadian community or demographic, but we’re actually growing \u2013 we’re one of the fastest growing demographics,\u201d Chiba Stearns says.<\/p>\n