Global Oklahoma 2008

Celebrating VietnamBeatriz Ortega and Alejandra Campos display their traditional Chiapas style dresses. (Photo by Chelsea McIntire)

The opening ceremony features singers from the Lu Hanh Choir and a powerful Tae Kwon Do performance from Lily Vu. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)

Guitar legend Edgar Cruz enchants the au-dience with his melodic strum-ming. (Photo by Chelsea McIn-tire)

The Maya School of Dance’s Indian classical style emphasizes swan-like movements and graceful

poses. (Photo by Chelsea McIntire)

Performance group Los Ma-cheteros gives

a spectacular dance involving

a combination of tap and tradi-tional Mexican

folkloric dancing. (Photo by Chel-

sea McIntire)

Dancers from the Vien Giac Temple wear their colorful “Áo Dài” or ‘flow-ing tunic” dresses. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)

Karleigh Howell, 2, gets her face painted by Hailey Moore while sitting on Andrea Gibson’s lap during Global. (Photo by Eric Tatom)

Three year old, Antonio Ma-cias plays in

the children’s tent. (Photo by Chelsea McIntire)

Nicole Ridgway almost loses her head to Tim McCoy-Washington during the “Duels of the Dark Ages” performance from Storm Warrior Productions. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)

Ebony Avila demonstrates a traditional Jalisco style dance. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)

“Universal Peace” is all Dao Tran wants to convey as he portrays Buddha during the Lion Dance performance. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)

The St. Andrew Dung Lac parish lion dancers’ skills were on display directly after the opening ceremony of Global Oklahoma. (Photo by J.L. Morrissey)