by Lia Chang/www.liachang.wordpress.com

The Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Ensemble featuring Kaoru Watanabe and master Taiko artist Kenny Endo performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian-Pacific American Month celebration on Saturday, May 16, 2009.

From 2-4 , there were performances in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium of the music and dance of China, Korea, India, and Japan including Beijing opera, ancient dances, contemporary taiko drum music. CBA Culture and Arts Center presented Beijing Opera, the Donghwa Cultural Foundation featured a Korean Dance Troupe, Junghee Oh on the zither, and Eun Ju Kang, who performed Salpuri, a haunting dance of exorcism.