For more information contact the DIA at 935-8850 or askalice@downtownhilo.com.
Downtown Hilo celebrates the Year of the Dragon at the annual Hilo Chinese New Year Festival from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday in Kalakaua Park.
The free event features a wide array of cultural activities and information, performances and demonstrations as well as Hawaiian and Asian art, crafts, products and food vendors with something for everyone.
This year, the children will be featured in a Keiki Chinese Fashion Show with prizes awarded to all participants.
Sign-up for the fashion show takes place at Kalakaua Park on the day of the festival from 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. with the show scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.
“In past years, we set this up as a costume contest and we have had so many wonderful and talented children in great outfits we decided this year everybody will be a winner,” said festival emcee Desiree Moana Cruz.
“Keiki, from infants to 12 years old, are all welcome to join the fashion show, and they need not be of Chinese heritage,” Cruz said.
For more information contact the DIA at 935-8850 or askalice@downtownhilo.com.