A new festival in Longmont will celebrate the people, language and culture of Tibet and the Himalayas this weekend.

On Saturday, the Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Festival will include a screening of a Bhutanese film, a photo exhibit and Tibetan dancing. The event will be held from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Longmont Museum, at 400 Quail Road.

The festival is co-sponsored by the Tibet Himalaya Initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder and by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.

Event coordinator Padma Baimacuo said the committee’s promotion of other cultural gatherings, including the Lunar New Year and Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Longmont, inspired her to establish this new festival.

“I love my culture,” Baimacuo said. “Because I’m a Tibetan professor living in Longmont, I

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