Tag Archives: Asian Culture

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration Suwanee – Photos

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month Suwanee Town Center  |  Suwanee, GA  |  May 19, 2023 Another great time in our backyard.  Featuring some K-Pop singers, Indian Dancing, Lao Dancing, and the highlight for me was definitely the hanfu traditional clothing.  Everyone looked like they stepped out of a silk painting.  Thanks everyone for posing!

Gwinnett Multicultural Festival – 2023-05-13

Gwinnett Multicultural FestivalMay 13, 2023 | Gwinnett Place Mall Featuring Performances by: First Baptist DuluthAlma Mexicana AtlantaKay SoulLaotian American SocietyLawrenceville Elementary School Dance EnsemblePhayanak Dance CrewAtlanta Korean Cultural Center

Lao New Year 2023 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Sunday Photos

LAO NEW YEAR 2023Wat Lao Buddhakhanti   |   Snellville, GA   |   April 23, 2023 If you have loads of time, please check out my video recap of this past weekend.  These are the clips I shot as well as photos.  It’s 1hr and 24mins that shows the realness of our crazy/lovely/vibrant fun loving Lao culture. 🙂 […]

Decatur International Festival on the Square – Photos – 2023-03-18

Decatur International Festival on the SquareSaturday March 18, 2023 | Decatur, GA Happy 200th Birthday to the city of Decatur! Some of my photos from a brisk but lovely sunny day on the square.  In my short stay I captured photos of the Korean Drummers and Dancers, Indian Bharatanatyam Dancers, and Thai Dancers.  Great job […]

Chin National Day 2023 and Miss CND – Atlanta

75th Chin National Day February 18, 2023 | Gujarati Samaj | Tucker, GA Thanks again for the invite to CND! All Photos by Boon Vong, feel free share the post on your own accounts but with proper credit.  Anyone needing photos in the future LMK!   It was so nice seeing the traditional garb from […]

2022 Atlanta Korean Festival Photos

2022 Atlanta Korean FestivalSeptember 10, 2022 | Norcross, GAThe Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta 애틀랜타 한인회 Event Photography by Boon Vong | @boonvongphotos I had a great time at the Atlanta Korean Festival on Saturday!  Luckily there wasn’t a huge rainstorm to ruin the outside stuff.  Such a fun time at this Dance Party+Food […]

APAC Gala 2022

37th Annual APAC Unity Gala Asian Pacific American Council of Georgia www.apacga.org APAC of GA is the consortium of 15 countries coming together to help promote the Asian Culture in Georgia. Saturday May 21, 2022 | Hilton Peachtree Corners Here are my photos from my perspective as a “guest!” 🙂 Thanks of course to everyone […]

Gwinnett Multicultural Fest 2022

Gwinnett Place Mall | Saturday, May 14, 2022 Stopped by for about an hour before heading off on a fun adventure around town, but I’m glad Gwinnett county had a festival to showcase our diversity.  Here’s hoping once they decide on what to do with the old mall that it will be a nice inviting […]

NACA Spring Festival 2022

National Association of Chinese AmericansSpring Festival 2022 – Lunar New Year Banquet www.naca-atlanta.orgCanton House | Chamblee, GA | May 7, 2022 Event Photography by: Boon Vong & Ek Vong

Random Food!

Here are random things that I’ve been fortunate enough to have eaten recently from our lovely food paradise that is Metro Atlanta! I know I’m biased, but until you’ve driven around looking around for good Asian food in cities around the southeast, you don’t know how good we got it.  Anyways, here’s random dishes I […]

Johns Creek International Festival 2022 Photos

Here are some of my photos of the Johns Creek Intl Festival from this past Saturday 4-30-22.  Thanks to all who posed for photos! Everyone did a great job on stage.  I definitely enjoyed the music from the School of Rock (The covers of “Rebel Yell” and “Bullet with Bufferfly Wings” was crazy!).  There was […]

International Night Market Suwanee – 2022-04-22

International Night MarketGlow in the Park Suwanee, GA | April 22, 2022 Some of my photos from a fun night right in our backyard!  Great seeing everyone and catching up with friends.  The festival is still going on today (Saturday) and should be an even busier and more packed day.  Get out there early to […]

Kalaxya Dance Recital 2022

Kalaxya Dance Recitalhttps://kalaxyadance.comAham ShaktiThe Power Within April 9, 2022 | Gas South District | Duluth, GA Thanks to Rick and Mital for the invite! What a wonderful and colorful show.  Here are a “few” of photos from my perspective of a guest. I sat all the way in the back row with my rarely used […]

Chin National Day 2022 and Miss CND – Atlanta

74th Chin National Day February 19, 2022 | Gujarati Samaj | Tucker, GA Thanks again for the invite to CND.  I had a great time covering the event.  I feel like my main goal is to always paint the prettiest picture for the various Asian community events here in metro Atlanta.  There’s so much to […]

Miss Vietnam Georgia 2022 – VAC-GA Tet – 01-30-2022

Miss Vietnam Georgia Pageant and Lunar New Year Celebration Vietnamese American Community of Georgia Space Ballroom | Norcross, GA | January 30, 2022 Chuc Mung Nam Moi everyone! It’s been a few years since the last pageant and festival so it was nice seeing random folks and catching up! I missed the evening gown portion […]

Atlantic Station Lion Dance – 01-27-2022

Went to Atlantic Station last night to see another Lion Dance ushering in the lunar new year. Pretty good turnout for a cold evening. The lanterns looked very nice during blue hour. I rolled with an 85mm 1.2 on the RP and Canon 24mm 1.4 on the Sony. It seems like I’m running into folks […]

2021 USPAACC-SE Dia Gala Event Photos

2021 USPAACC-SE Dia Gala Oceans Ballroom, Georgia Aquarium October 9, 2021 | Atlanta, GA Event Coverage by Boon Vong and Ek V. (A selection of photos, please follow USPAACC-SE’s social media for the rest of the images!)