Photos: 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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The 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself festival features music, food, art and live performances from the variety of cultures represented in Tucson. The free event covers four city blocks in and around Jacome Plaza and continues Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Zehra, right, and Rana Kilcak indulge in a few helpings ot Turkish ice cream during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Yuksel Embel, right, and Nazli Guvenc, roll out gözleme, a Turkish flatbread, during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Seven-month-old Freya Pennebaker tries to get her own sampling of fry bread from mom Maggie Chen's plate.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Festival-goers gather in Jacome Plaza during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Nate Grant "The Tri-Tip Man" fires up his grill during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Elif Demirbas grills up Gözleme, a Turkish flatbread filled with cheese, spinach or beef.
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Hafize Aksoy, right, hands freshly-filled Gözleme for grilling to Elif Demirbas.
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The musical stylings of the Bouncing Czechs satisfies the crowd's polka and waltz cravings.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Festival-goers indulge in the food offerings during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Douglas Starkey chows down on a Thai skewer during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
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Pennington Street east of Stone Avenue features several artisan booths during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
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Rhonda Ray Wilson, a Tohono O'odham basket weaver, demonstrates her craft with Devil's claw and beargrass.
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Ariel Anderson, 14, touches a bit of ink to water and carrageenan to later transfer onto silk.
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Ana Ceballos, part of the Polish folk ensemble Lajkonik, pops her head out of the Polish food stand.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Yuksel Embel rolls out Gözleme, a Turkish flatbread, during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
2018 Tucson Meet Yourself
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Festival-goers gather in Jacome Plaza during the opening day of the 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself folklife festival.
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