Managed by Aquarium of the Pacific
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
You are invited to join the Aquarium of the Pacific for its twenty-second annual Moompetam American Indian Festival. Moompetam (pronounced 'mohm peh tahm), meaning "People of the Ocean," is derived from the word for 'saltwater' in the Tongva language. For the California Indigenous coastal peoples, the ocean has always been a sacred entity. The festival celebrates Indigenous California maritime cultures, including Tongva, Acjachemen, Chumash, Costanoan, Kumeyaay, and Luiseno. This celebration features traditional cultural craft demonstrations, storytelling, music, and dance, and an award ceremony. Live festival presentations are scheduled for the following times in the following locations. All programs subject to change and weather dependent. Festival programming is 15-20 minutes: 10:00 a.m. Honda Blue Cavern; 10:45 a.m. Honda Blue Cavern; 11:30 a.m. Honda Pacific Visions Theater; 12:15 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern; 1:00 p.m. Honda Pacific Visions Theater; 1:45 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern; 2:30 p.m. Honda Pacific Visions Theater; 3:15 p.m. Honda Blue Cavern; 4:00 p.m. Honda Pacific Visions Theater.
