SUPER-DEE-DUPER! We're celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month throughout the month of May! This month will showcase various initiatives across Fandom to celebrate and spotlight the contributions of the many Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. For more fun outside this wiki, be sure to check out this blog post on Community Central that highlights various AAPI movies, television shows, games, comics and more!
History
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Barney, BJ and Baby Bop in Hawaii with a group of children.
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an annual, month that recognizes and celebrates the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to events in history and history that's currently in the making. The efforts to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month began in the late 1970s. It originally started out as a week-long celebration before Congress expanded it to a month. May was annually celebrated as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month beginning in 1992. In 2009, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month was renamed as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.[1]
Gallery
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on Barney Wiki, we wanted to highlight many of the Super-Dee-Duper and stupendous people that have made the Barney franchise what it is, as well as recommend some Barney & Friends episodes, music and more below!
People
Interviews
Television
Music
Trivia
Hawaii
- In 2017, Auli’i Cravalho (born in Kohala, Hawaii), best known as the voice of Moana from the Disney film of the same name, stated that the first ever song she sang in public was "The Rainbow Song" from Barney & Friends.[2]
Barney's Beach Party
- Hawaii's culture and natural beauty were the inspirations when scriptwriter Stephen White wrote the video Barney's Beach Party.[3]
- Between April 26-28, 2002, the Barney's Beach Party was shown on the 30-foot Sunset on the Beach screen in Waikiki, Hawaii. This presentation was followed by a 20-minute sing-along with Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ performing songs from the video.
- The stage show to Barney's Beach Party was originally performed in Hawaii from April 26, 2002 to April 28, 2002.
Involvement
Barney the Dinosaur alongside Pia Hamilton, who portrayed Min.
Fandom
- The theme for this year, 2022, will focus on Visibility and Amplification. To take part in this theme, Fandom is hosting various activities that you can be a part of! Keep an eye out for all the news on Community Central.
Comment Section
- While there are many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have impacted the Barney franchise who aren't on this post, we would love to know who your favorite are in the Barney franchise!
- We would love to know how some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders involved in the Barney franchise have impacted you or share your favorite AAPI themed episode, video, etc.
Outside of Fandom
- You can also be involved in the month long celebration by posting a picture or video of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans on social media.