Hapa-palooza
hapapalooza annual cultural art festival held vancouver british columbia canada name festival reference hawaiian word hapa meaning part half used broad term describe people mixed ancestry feature art exhibition performance panel film family picnic park purpose festival cultivate community conversation among people identifying mixed heritage generate public awareness provide positive role model next generation conceived gung haggis fat choy dinner vancouver bc hapapalooza cofounded author anna ling kaye filmmaker jeff chiba stearns promoter zarah martz inaugural festival ran september hapapalooza run hybrid ancestry public art society first mixed root festival canada currently one largest festival celebrating mixed heritage world sunday june hapapalooza presented exploreasian community recognition award vancouver asian heritage month society honourasian gala held museum vancouver festival began hosting hip hapa hooray award night recipient award included lawrence hill lifetime achievement margaret gallagher community builder tamo campos youth achievement included minelle mahtani community builder elder larry grant lifetime achievement director x innovator award recipient included joel watanabe trailblazer award ann marie fleming innovation award wayde compton community builder award