The second annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Festival brought smiles and community to Bainbridge Island.

Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group photos

Youth lion dancers performed during the festival, part of the event’s all-day musical programming.

Zongzi are made with sticky rice, sometimes dyed blue with butterfly pea flowers, that is stuffed with either sweet or savory filling and then wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed. This triangular style is called Hokkien zongzi.

This year, the Melanesian community of Seattle and the Kitsap Peninsula was invited to join the heritage festival celebration.

Many festival representatives wore cultural garments, such as this celebratory Filipino garment.

Melanesian representatives discussed their cultural garments with festival attendees.

Community members were invited to contribute their own family lineage to a multicultural tapestry.

Festival attendees connected with community members who represent their culture through education year-round.

Zongzi are made with sticky rice, sometimes dyed blue with butterfly pea flowers, that is stuffed with either sweet or savory filling and then wrapped in bamboo leaves and steamed. This triangular style is called Hokkien zongzi.

This year, the Melanesian community of Seattle and the Kitsap Peninsula was invited to join the heritage festival celebration.

Many festival representatives wore cultural garments, such as this celebratory Filipino garment.

Melanesian representatives discussed their cultural garments with festival attendees.

Community members were invited to contribute their own family lineage to a multicultural tapestry.

Festival attendees connected with community members who represent their culture through education year-round.