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Wellingtonians flock to Southeast Asian Night Market

Wellingtonians flocked in their thousands to the 2010 Southeast Asian Night Market, which took place along the capital's  Frank Kitts Promenade on Saturday 20 March. View photos on our slideshow or  Facebook page.

The event was made possible by the Wellington City Council, the Asia New Zealand Foundation and communities from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Test your knowledge of the region: take our quiz!

A highlight for many Wellingtonians was the four-member Cynthia Alexander Group who will be playing a mix of standard instruments as well as ethnic Filipino instruments including tungkaling, bungkaka and Maguindanaon brass gongs to produce an East-West hybrid sonic landscape.

Band leader Cynthia Alexander comes from a family of artists and musicians – daughter of poet-painter Tita Lacambra-Ayala and fictionist-painter Jose V Ayala Jr and sister of famed Philippine ethnic folk-rocker Joey Ayala.

Cynthia AlexanderCynthia (pictured) is known for being one of the first who began the wave of independent music in the Philippines. She is a formidable producer, arranger, and songwriter with a myriad of side projects and collaborations.

Other highlights of the Night Market included open-air Indonesian puppetry with gamelan orchestra, local performers, delicious Southeast Asian food stalls and colourful souvenirs.

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