For the past two Octobers, residents of Shihlin district in Taipei have been celebrating a unique goldenrain tree blossom festival in their neighborhood. After having received a warm response from the public, the district office is expanding the scale of the event this year and trying to turn the cultural fair into a sequence of different activities each weekend with local cultural performances to begin this weekend.
The 2002 Shihlin International Cultural Festival will officially open on Sunday at 10am, when the Shihlin High School band will parade from Chungcheng Park to Tienmu Sports Park. Last year's dance championship team, the New Age Culture and Art Group, will perform modern dances for the opening ceremony. A total of 60 dance groups or teams will compete for a prize of NT$100,000. In addition, the ever-popular A-Chung Puppet Show (
Lots of delicious local food, prepared by more than eighty food stands, will be waiting for you at Tienmu Sports Park. All sales for the day will be donated to St. Anne's Home for Seriously Retarded Children (
On other weekends, guided tours will be offered for anyone wishing to see Shihlin's various cultural sites. Students from local schools will also present cultural activities in the park.
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