JUST DO IT: Creatures of Culture: Asia @ Philadelphia Zoo, this weekend

The Philadelphia Zoo hosts a weekend-long festival celebrating the animals and foods of Asia.

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JUST DO IT: Creatures of Culture: Asia @ Philadelphia Zoo, this weekend

POSTED: Friday, May 13, 2011, 1:00 PM

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This weekend, the Philadelphia Zoo is hosting Creatues of Culture: Asia, a festival spotlighting all things Oriental. Guests can learn about and ogle unique critters like bearded pigs, tigers and wise-looking douc langurs (pictured). There will also be continent-specific foods to try, like traditional Asian pastries and themed oriental salads. As for entertainment, live performances include Hoh Daiko on the Japanese taiko drums, traditional Chinese dancers from the Greater Philadelphia Mingui Dance School, and authenic Indian dancers from Usiloquy. Bring the kids so they can enjoy crafts, calligraphy demonstrations and X• tink• shun, a wild theatrical experience featuring endangered-animal puppets explaining the fate of their species.

May 14-15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free with admission to Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, 3400 W. Girard Ave., 215-243-1100, philadelphiazoo.org.

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