head down to the chinatown community festival for that. >> molette green is working for the community with the details. >> reporter: check out these ladies, they range in age from 63 to 88 and an important part of the chine culture with a fan dance. this is one of the elements that you'll see at the chinatown community festival that kicks off on saturday. also food. we have the spicy dish here that is going to be big feature this weekend. and coming over here to a vietnamese pancake with shrimp and chicken. but we want to address the very importa issues that the d.c. office on asian and pacific islander affairs wants to address. hepatitis and mental health issues. so jane, this is very important. >> it is very important. it is a silent killer and we need to get tested and we'll be at the chinatown community festival. >> doing screenings for free. >> come out and get screened. >> reporter: mental health important part of this. janet, talk about this. >> a huge stigma in themm coity and that is why the project was created to make services for the asian american community here in d.c. >>

the chinatown community festival is where you need to be this weekend.re molette g is working for thenity with details on the event kicking off in a few days. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, you know, the rain had to move us inside the chinese community church here. entertained.ing the fan dancers behind me affectionately known as the aunties in chinese culture. they are wonderful. and energetic, and all of this part of the chinatown community's festival. we've got a spread of food from two restaurants that will be showing off theus delicio tastes. and maybe we'll get a tast in the 6:00 hour. i want to talk to the d.c. maor's office on pacific islander and asian affairs for an overview of what this is about. >> yes. so this saturday we're having our chinatown community festival. and we're bringing together performances like this, food over here, city agencies to talk about resources for the community. and just an opportunity to celebrate and showcase the different asian and pacific islander cultures here in the district. >> reporter: we'll talk about that more

it's a silent killer and we need to get testednd we'll be at the chinatown community festival. >> doingng for free. >> come out and get screened. >> mental health very important part as well. >> it's a huge stigma in the asian american community. >> back in to you. >> thanks, molette. >>> well, stick around for news 4 at we are spotlighting a new high tech tool to treat >>cancer. doreen gentzler shows us how this worked for one young woman tumora baseball sized ain. >>>in coming to your favorite b, nonalcoholic alcohol. i'm tom mcfly. we'll take you inside the movement coming up on news 4. >>> plus we in weather alert this evening. omara is back with when you could could what comes with $1 soft drink from mcdonald's? ( ♪ ) $1 any sizsoft drink. joy included. ( ♪ ) joy included. strand restoring ading a father's faith.... it's standing tall afr one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... spite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier ... seeking answers...oner. is and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them t

community with details on wt's happening in a few days. molette, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, we're still getting festival ready here in chinatown. we had to move inside because of the rain. and so grateful to be inside the chnese community church here with these indonesian dancers right behind me. you think about the culture, you think about the food when you come into chinatown. we've got two restaurants that will feature food making delicious dishes that we will taste a little bitup later on the hour. yum, yum. you know i'm always hungry in the morning. but also the festival covers the resources and histry in the community. they've been doing this for five years. and ben de guzm can talk about the diversity that is celebrated during this time. >> yeah. i think we have a lot of cultural diversity as you see. i think we have festivities that the festival will provide whether it's about information about meal health or city resources. we're bringing together different city agencies to talk to our residents and to show a differ.t face of chinatown a different face of pacific asian and pacific islander mm coity. >> i love it. the fo

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