Chinese Opera from Peking with Chinese Theatre Workshop master artist Kuang-Yu Fong, 1996. Photo: Stephen Latimer for Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission |
Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage
Commission's
Folklife Program for New Jersey
This program was created in 1990 to document and
preserve folk traditions found within the county's communities,
which have a rich and varied cultural heritage. Newer immigrants
from China, Latin America, India, Vietnam, and Korea, have joined
more established ethnic enclaves of Hungarian, Russian, German,
Italian, and Polish descent. The area was originally settled by the
English, Dutch, Scottish and Irish. With this diversity in mind,
the folklife program seeks to establish forums for cross-cultural
exchange and understanding. A third goal is to establish an archive
and library of folk art, including narrative and images resulting
from fieldwork conducted by the Commission.
Originally submitted by: Rush D. Holt, Representative (12th District).
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