Mastodawn

@mayintoronto This year - I'll talk about feeling like no place is my home...how I've lived in Canada for over 40 years & it is not my home. How when I went back to Vietnam, after decades away & it is not my home. I know many other displaced POC here, share similar feelings. We don't feel like we fully fit in anywhere, after multiple displacements.

#AsianMastodon #AsianDiaspora

Ms. Que Banh Mar 15

I'm laughing so hard at what my Mom just said to me, while asking her if she's still up for sharing her lived experiences from just after we fled Saigon, to two refugee camps, to being sponsored by a Canadian group of church folks to adjusting to life in Canada, in first few years.

Mom said: I remember that you pooped a lot....a lot more than your little brothers. Your Dad called you a toddler shit factory. We'd be rich, if we could have sold your Saigon baby Buddha poop.
What?!? 🤣😂😅 My parents actually discussed this, in depth, before fleeing Saigon.

#AsianMastodon #SouthEastAsians #Vietnam #BoatPeople #AsianDiaspora #Displacement #WarSurvivorsForPeace

Show thread

Ms. Que Banh Feb 17

Day 2 of our family's new year celebrations. No meat day. Buddhist plate, vegetarian dishes, sesame seed paste stuffed glutinous rice balls sweet soup, tea & red roses for ancestors ceremonies 🙏❤️

#LunarNewYear #AsianMastodon #AsianFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #ChineseNewYear #Tet #CulturalHoliday #offerings #food #HonourAncestors #Spiritual #Cultural #Family #SouthEastAsian #AsianDiaspora #TootSEA

Show thread

Ms. Que Banh Feb 16

All done.

All ready for lunar new year family gathering & ancestors honouring today. Start of our 2 week cultural holiday 🙂

#LunarNewYear #AsianMastodon #AsianFood #CulturalFood #TraditionalFood #ChineseNewYear #Tet #CulturalHoliday #offerings #food #HonourAncestors #Spiritual #Cultural #Family #SouthEastAsian #AsianDiaspora

Show thread

Ms. Que Banh Dec 21

#WinterSolstice #dinner offerings for Dad & ancestors 🙏❤️

#AsianMastodon #Honouring #PrayersUp #BlessingsForAncestors #pomelo #longan #persimmons #oranges #Fruits #Guanyin #TeochewViet #Cultural #AncestorsRespect #PrayersUp #AsianCulture #AsianDiaspora #pho #rice #BBQPork #tea #TangYuan #ceremonial

Jenie Gao Dec 8

My solo exhibition, Where Mountain Cats Live, is on view at grunt gallery thru Jan 17th in #vancouverbc. More info: grunt.ca/exhibitions/... #contemporaryart #printmaking #printsky #woodcut #installationart #taiwaneseamericanart #chineseamericanart #asiandiaspora

Lauren McMenemy Nov 28

Every Friday, I meet a member of the British Fantasy society and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). We're dipping into the world of Chinese legends this week with Eric Huang, whose children's books are inspired by the bedtime stories his father told.

Eric's also part of the team bringing you Imaginarium this Sunday, a celebration of East and South East Asian speculative fiction. Link in the profile!

https://britishfantasysociety.org/meet-eric-huang/

#writers #writing #asianDiaspora

Show thread

Ms. Que Banh Nov 24

The local #Sampaguita #Filipino #CulturalDancers demonstrated a few cultural dances at inaugural ASIA in Victoria Summit.
This dance is #Spanish inspired.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-bDYBasMhk

#AsianMastodon #YYJ #ASEAN #GlobalSouth #SouthEastAsian #AsianDiaspora #AsianCultures #AsianDances #CulturalArts #CulturalDance #AsianCommunity #TootSEA #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BCAsianCommunities #Phillipines #Dancing