Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the Museum of Indian Culture hosted its annual two-day Roasting Ears of Corn Festival Saturday.

It’s Pennsylvania’s oldest Native American festival celebrating the culture and traditions in Allentown.
Every year the festival showcases plenty of cultural heritage demonstrations including: flintknapping, Lenape cooking, flute making, and basketry.

There was also plenty of food to enjoy. Indian tacos, Buffalo burgers, frybread and of course fire roasted corn.

This year’s featured performers were Crystal Shawanda, a Juno Award-winning singer, and Inca Flutist Sicanni Purizaca.

The festival also showcased plenty of storytelling, Native American drumming by Youngblood Singers, Shinnecock Indian Nation, White Buffalo Singers and Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

Traditional Aztec dancing was performed by the Salinas Family from Mexico City.

There were also plenty of vendors who offered handmade Native American artwork and crafts, including sweetgrass, T-shirts, handcrafted Zuni and Navajo silver jewelry, wampum jewelry, beadwork, Kachina dolls, pottery, and leather goods.

You could even try throwing a tomahawk, if you are brave enough.

The last day of the festival is Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road.