{"id":350,"date":"2026-06-09T19:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaskamovingnetwork.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:36:52","slug":"dancing-through-tradition-celebration-2026-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaskamovingnetwork.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Dancing through tradition: Celebration 2026 in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thousands of people packed Juneau’s Centennial Hall for Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Celebration, a dance and cultural festival held every two years, beginning in 1982.<\/p>\n

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The four-day event featured roughly 1,800 dancers, primarily from Southeast Alaska. The festival also welcomed performers from around the world, including H\u0101lau Kamehameha Kap\u0101lama of Hawaii and Te Ara Kuaka of Auckland, New Zealand.<\/p>\n

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The festival began Tuesday, June 2 and concluded Saturday evening, June 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

Here are our favorite photos from Alaska Public Media\u2019s Matt Faubion, who attended three out of the festival\u2019s four days.<\/p>\n

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