The City of Cleveland, under the leadership of Asian Community Liaison Chia-Min Chen, hosted the first Asian Heritage Day in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall.

About 15 Asian heritages were represented with tables showcasing the flags, clothing and other items of their heritage. Besides the Rotunda visitors, the representatives of the various cultures had the opportunity to connect with each other - some for the first time.

Here are some of the interesting and colorful cultures on display.

Tariq Islam at the Bangladesh table

Representing Afghanistan

CAMEO reps Chafic and Pierre Bejjani
and Faris Alameh at the Lebanon table

India table with Afghani friends

India table items

Kazakhstan table items

Palestine table with Chia-Min Chen

More at the Palestine table

Joe Meissner and Goa Hoa Ryan at Vietnam table

Bhutan table

China table hosted by Phoenix Club members

Cleveland Phoenix Club members

Taiwan table

Fun at the Taiwan table

One of the highlights was the ClevelandPeople.com area where maps of Asia and a closeup map of the Middle East (part of Asia!) were on display. Both visitors and exhibitors had lots of questions and comments (Russia is so big!) about the maps.

Kazakhstan on both maps

Map of Syria

Map of Taiwan

Map of Afghanistan

Map of Bhutan

Map of Bangladesh

Map of Iraq

Map of Thailand

Map of India

Map of China

Here is a quick video walk around the room to see display tables from Bangladesh, India, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Kazakhstan and others. I made a mistake and said Nepal when I meant to say Bhutan. Sorry. At the end of the video are some pictures of people posing with the maps.

Chia promises this will become an annual event and already has plans to expand for next year. It was a fitting conclusion to a very active Asian Heritage Month in the City of Cleveland. Thank you Chia.

See lots more Cleveland People posing with maps of their heritage.

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