Dear Chinese Community and local ethnic communities:

We are very pleased to inform you that Mall of America®, in partnership with the local Minnesota Chinese Community and local Ethnic Communities are planning to host a Lunar New Year Celebration event at MOA on February 1-2, 2025. This will be a grand gala and celebration. We are inviting some well-known folk artists to join us in the celebration, promoting exchanges of our ancient culture, arts and heritage with local ethnic communities and artists, showcasing authentic Asian culture to bigger American communities.

 As you may know, China has over 10 million of Hmong people living in several southern autonomous counties, closer to Vietnam, Laos etc. Many of Minnesota Hmong people have visited China in the past 10 years. We are inviting Art Troupes from the local Chinese community to join our Lunar New Year Celebration with Minnesota Hmong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korean, Lao, Thailand and Vietnam Communities. By bringing these artists from local Chinese and ethnic artists together at the Mall of America, we are hoping to create a cultural performance that would be time-traveling with the ancient Asian community shared heritage, praise the greatness of modern life in Minnesota and America, promote the ancient tradition and heritage in the State, and engage communities with similar cultural and art backgrounds.

Please request the registration form from AMCO1866@gmail.com as soon as possible if your organization wants to participate in the performance. The deadline for registration is January 10, 2025.

 Mall of America is the largest retail and entertainment center in the United States, attracting over 40 million visitors annually from throughout the world. In anticipating this exciting event, we cordially invite your organization to participate to help make it a magnificent and memorable experience.

Louis Lau, Vice President of Asian Business Development (MOA)

Natasha Freimark, Director of Tourism Sales (MOA)

Kylie Passe, Experiential Events Coordinator (MOA)

Min Wang, Director of Working Committee (AMCO)

Bingwen Yan, President of Alliance of Minnesota Chinese Organizations (AMCO)

Organizing Committee:

Will Ahern, Natasha Freimark, Huan Gao, Louis Lau, Huazhi Li, Sophie Liu, Xiaoyan Luo, Kylie Passe, Min Wang, Ping Wang, Bingwen Yan