Harvard Square festival celebrates AAPI Heritage Month | TFC News Massachusetts, USA
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The 2nd Asian Street Food and Music Festival is an annual event at Harvard Square
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that brings diverse communities together on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Organizers say the Asian Fest is a showcase of the AIPI's rich heritage and traditions
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through music, dance, and food in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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It's definitely a lot of nostalgia. I'm like seeing foods that I ate a lot when I was a kid.
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Like the first time I ate a lot of this food was in the Philippines.
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So it's like taking me back there right now.
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From chicken in a stall to sisig and shumai,
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Cambridge locals say the long lines did not stop them from trying Filipino street food.
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I've never had balut before. Like I know what it is so this is very exciting.
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I haven't gotten very far into it so far but I haven't gotten to the bird yet as you can see.
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But so far my review of it is that like it's pretty,
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it's pretty good tasting.
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For these Filipino chefs and restaurateurs,
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showcasing Filipino food at the Asian Fest is their way of representing the country.
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It's a representation through food.
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Especially nowadays that Filipino cuisine is slowly getting accepted into the mainstream.
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It's our time. It's our time to shine. That's why we're here.
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Letting everybody know that we're here, that our food is good.
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These Filipino food vendors meanwhile believe street food festivals like this one
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helps further introduce Filipino cuisine to everyday American foodies.
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Sisig is my best seller because for the past two, three years that I've been doing the events and street fairs,
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basically I sell about 500 pounds of sisig on each and every event that I do and sometimes even more.
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Meanwhile, these philamps in Harvard College showcase their Filipino heritage
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and dance with this exciting blindfolded tinikling.
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I think representation is a really powerful tool for equality,
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for putting us shoulder to shoulder to our counterparts.
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And I think it's a beautiful way to help celebrate the diversity of the AAPI community here.
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We're very grateful to be here for the larger AAPI Heritage Month Festival here.
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Filipinos are underrepresented in Harvard and it's really important for us to make sure that we're celebrating and amplifying that culture.
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Asian Fest is part of a bigger 39th annual AAPI Heritage Month.
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A celebration of good food and music at the heart of Cambridge.
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This is spearheaded by the Harvard Square Philippine American Alliance
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in partnership with the Harvard Square Business Association.
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Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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For more information, visit the AAPI website.
