29th Annual Asian Festival, 2009.

On Saturday October 17th Sun showed up after about a week of gloomy and soggy weather. So did about six thousand Asians and non-Asians showed up at the 29th Annual Asian Festival. It was yet another successful festival with lots of enjoyment and fun. It is unbelievable how many festival goers think it is an excellent attraction and an event that enhances the quality of life in Wichita.
The Wichita Asian Association is planning to celebrate the 30th Annual Asian Festival in 2010 in a grand manner. It will be held at Century II, Convention Hall on October 30th For any additional information or to involve with the Wichita Asian Association please call 689-8729 and ask for Mohan.

Program

Cultural Events: Seventeen stage presentations representing 10 countries, including different types of martial arts, Miss Asia Pageant representing seven countries were the highlights of the festival.
Miss Asia Scholarship Pageant: Miss Malaysia was crowned as Miss Asia. Miss India and Miss Vietnam were the first and second runner ups.
Food: Thirty two food booths representing food and drinks from 11 Asian countries. This was the only time and place Wichita gets an opportunity to taste authentic and exotic Asian food, all under one roof.

Background

This annual event is getting increasingly popular each year. About 6,000 people walk through this festival. This event is supported by (a) advertisers in the program which will be given out at the entrance, (b) sponsorship and grants (c) booth charges and (d) donations. To the best of our knowledge no other city in the neighboring states presents such a colorful and enriching festival. We are glad that we are able to help youth clubs and other related organizations to raise funds for their activities through food booths.

Reasons For Attending

This is the only event under one roof festival goers can witness a variety of cultural and artistic events of about 15 Asian countries. Most of these Asian countries have a unique way of dressing. Some of the Asian countries have special artistic attributes such as hand painting (Hana), face decoration etc. All these can be seen and enjoy.

This is a family event. Children particularly enjoy the events prented in this festival.