Performative Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging
The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed on the 7th month of the lunar calendar, which is known as the “ghost month”. It is a Chinese tradition of honoring family members and ancestors that have passed, along with wandering spirits who have not yet reincarnated into their next life. “The Hungry Ghost Festival Tea Party,” is a collaborative art performance curated by Nantronic, centering on creating inclusive Modern Asian Diaspora Experiences (MADE) and is based in the philosophy of casting all who come. Nantronic positions, “the Hungry Ghost Festival Tea Party,” as a playful way of creating performative diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging experiences, which centers on actively dismantling white supremacy narratives and normalizes cultural experiences outside of what the dominate Eurocentric narratives find as acceptable traditions.

Art Performance
Nantronic will be hosting two days of the Hungry Ghost Festival on Dai Zen Farms, located in the beautiful Skagit Valley. As part of the performance, she will be “opening” Mei Yueh’s Tea House in honor of her grandmother who passed early this year. Nantronic will be teaching workshops on folding dumplings and making bubble tea passed from her Taiwanese family. The day will also include opportunities to learn and create new traditions for a new generation emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic and learn how Chinese traditions help to give a process for making sense of our world.

Attendees will have the day to refresh or learn how the Chinese uses Hungry Ghost Festival to give gratitude and use reflection through activities that will help promote cultural awareness, healing and celebration of life.

The Hungry Ghost Festival Tea Party is an outdoor event. All workshop instruction and performances will take part outdoors on the Chang Family lawn located in the Skagit Valley, surrounded by the Cascade foot hills to the east and to the southwest the Olympic Mountains. Please make sure you are ready to be outdoors and properly layered.

Menu: (Please note that the purpose of the workshops are teaching you how to make your own dishes, please note we may not be able to accommodate your dietary needs)

Dumplings will have the following filling options: pork, chicken, and vegan/vegetarian

Rice Noodles will be lamb and baked tofu for vegans

Sushi rolls will be vegetarian / vegan

Daikon soup will have both bone and veggie broth

Altars, Offerings and Joss Paper Art Activities
This activity is meant to be both about reflecting on loved ones that have passed and the importance of caring about our ancestors. The art and altars created are meant to be burned.

The Hungry Ghost Festival Tea Party Schedule: (tentative schedule, may be subject to change)

1 - 3pm: Welcome Asian Diaspora Food
Dumpling Workshop Prep
Boba Tea Workshop Prep

3:30 - 6pm: Welcome Asian Diaspora Artists & Performers
Make Art: Altars, Offerings & Remembrance Meal
Meal Preparation

6:30 - 8pm: Welcome Family & Friends Share and Showcase
Dinner: Dumplings, Sushi, Fried Noodles, Veggies, Daikon Soup
Prepare for Performance
New Ritual Performance

Cost Includes: food, supplies, and workshops
MADE: the Art of Remembrance is centered on the Asian Diaspora and it’s intersections. The cost and registration is set-up for 1 performer and up to 4 guests for the 6:30 - 8pm Dinner and New Rituals Performance Ceremony.

This is meant to be family friendly and all ages event.