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.

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