Indunil Usgoda Arachchi

Capturing the rhythm of our wonderful 2023 festival. We are so grateful the festival can provide a space for old and new performers to the PNW community. Keep dancing, singing, creating, and of course, keep uplifting one another 🎶🎨🎭

Thank you for the beautiful photos!

https://iexaminer.org/photo-essay-chin-family-idec-remember-donnie-chin-eight-years-later/

Photo essay: Chin family, IDEC remember Donnie Chin eight years later - International Examiner On Sunday, July 23, 2023, the Chin family, friends, and the International District Emergency Center (IDEC) honored the life and death of Donnie Chin. The event was held outside the Chin family store, Sun May Co., in Canton Alley. This year marked the eighth anniversary of Chin’s murder; the case r...

A pop-up photography exhibition..

https://iexaminer.org/photo-essay-pride-asia-2023-draws-a-crowd-in-hing-hay-park/

Photo essay: Pride Asia 2023 draws a crowd in Hing Hay Park - International Examiner The 11th annual Pride ASIA Festival was celebrated on Sunday, May 28 at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown International District (CID.) The festival was hosted by Pride ASIA founder Aleksa Manila with Miss Gay Washington Dutchess Drew and Seattle drag legend Gaysha Starr. Hing Hay Park was crow...

https://nwasianweekly.com/2023/05/japanese-cultural-influences-in-the-us/

Japanese cultural influences in the US As a result of her fascination with Japanese culture, 20-year-old Avery George finds a clue about the Panama Hotel, a historic landmark for Japanese American heritage in the Pacific Northwest.

Glad to be a part of this photography exhibition for celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month…

Asia Pacific Cultural Center holds 25th Annual New Year’s Celebration The Tacoma Dome exhibition hall was colorful, joyful, and incredible with exciting performances of many cultures.

https://nwasianweekly.com/2023/03/asia-pacific-cultural-center-holds-25th-annual-new-years-celebration/

Asia Pacific Cultural Center holds 25th Annual New Year’s Celebration The Tacoma Dome exhibition hall was colorful, joyful, and incredible with exciting performances of many cultures.

The crowd treads together along the trail of tears, where their ancestors were forcibly deported. Although it was a nightmare long ago, the shades of pain and uncertainty remain. The only way is to make a noise, not only for the past tears of ancestors but for securing the present and the future of all humans here.

Seattle Chinese Expulsion remembrance rally and march The crowd treads together along the trail of tears, where their ancestors were forcibly deported.

Sivani Kumaran helplessly watched relatives leave Sri Lanka. They fled the island nation south of India for a number of reasons, including a 25-year-long civil war that ended in 2009...

Seattle’s Sri Lankan community horrified by the crisis confronting their homeland - InvestigateWest Sivani Kumaran helplessly watched relatives leave Sri Lanka. They fled the island nation south of...

For five years, Rumeisa Maresha and her family lived in a camp in Ethiopia, surrounded by thousands of other Eritrean refugees...

(Indunil Usgoda Arachchi/InvestigateWest)

How two refugee women are building new lives in Washington state - InvestigateWest Refugee resettlement in the Puget Sound continues for Afghan and Ukrainian nationals By Anushuya Thapa...