Performance groups dressed in every color of the rainbow took to the Chrysalis stage at Merriweather Park on Saturday for Howard County’s third annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival.
Up the hill, notes of various Asian cuisines from the lineup of food trucks mingled in the air. Around the bend, dozens of organizations lined the walkway to sell local goods and offer community resources.
The celebration of cultures and traditions comes during AAPI Heritage Month and was hosted by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and the AAPI Commission, in partnership with the Merriweather nonprofit Inner Arbor Trust.