AAPI Athletes
She “earned her stripes” with her gold-winning performance to MacArthur’s Park.
Alysa Liu
The celebration of the lunar new year as it is celebrated in Vietnam.
Tet (Nguyen Dan)
Glendale, California and Watertown, Massachusetts host the largest ethnic enclaves of this ethnicity
Armenian
She is known as the first Chinese American hollywood star.
Anna Mae Wong
This ancient city in Turkey, home to the Hagia Sophia, served as the capital of both the Byzantine Christian and Ottoman Islamic empires
Istanbul (or Constantinople)
At 99 miles per hour, his pitch became the fastest in all of Japan.
Shohei Otani
This COLORFUL celebration of the love of Radha and Krishna.
Holi
This neighborhood in New Jersey is home to one of the largest Korean-American communities.
Palisades Park, New Jersey
He popularized martial arts films in the 1970s and put a spotlight Hong Kong action cinema
Bruce Lee
This white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
Taj Mahal
She defeated Williams in the final of the US Open in 2018.
Naomi Osaka
This celebration marks the end of Ramadan.
Eid al-Fitr
Second only to Long Beach, California, this Massachusetts city is home to a large Cambodian American community.
Lowell
Michelle Yeoh rose to prominence after staring in this 2000 film about the disappearance of the Green Destiny sword.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
This iconic temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia, is the largest religious monument in the world and is featured on the country's flag
Angkor Wat
This retired senator will face Mayweather once again in 2027. Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Some call it Buddha’s birthday.
Vesak
The twin cities area hosts the largest community of people of this Southeast Asian ethnicity, including Olympic gymnast Suni Lee.
Hmong
This Malaysian-American director became the first Asian woman nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director for her 2020 film "Minari"
Lee Isaac Chung
Tiger's Nest
Jeremy Lin is a Taiwanese-American basketball player drafted by this NBA team in 2010.
Golden State Warriors
The Doljanchi is the celebration of this event in one's life in Korean culture.
first birthday
This Chicago neighborhood was home to the city's first Japanese-American community before World War II
West Ridge (or Rogers Park/Devon Avenue)
This 2016 film is the highest grossing film in the Hindi-language and follows and amateur boxer.
Dangal
A flame continuously burning since 470 CE in Yadz, Iran is contained in the Atash Behram, a temple in this religious tradition.
Zorastrianism