Amazon has pledged $250,000 to revive the annual Night Market in Seattle's Chinatown-International District (CID) for the next three years. About the night market: The event, a significant cultural and community tradition since 2006, had to be canceled in 2023 due to rising production costs and diminishing sponsorship. The Night Market attracts thousands of visitors, offering diverse cuisines, cultural performances and support to local small businesses.
Swinging side-to-side to a Chinese ditty, Taiwanese teenagers and kids performed at a recent night market competition, showing off their loose-limbed moves while executing the viral "subject three" dance that has taken social media by storm.- Dance controversy -
But the infectious music and jaunty moves have come with a dose of controversy some Taiwanese users on Facebook have accused the night market organisers of using the dance as a Chinese propaganda tool to brainwash Taiwanese youth.
The Guatemalan Night Market, also known as Little Guatemala, comes into existence every evening at a Westlake intersection. Street vendors say it's like stepping back into their homeland.