When Kian Gilangos decided to join his local Filipino dance group, he was excited about the opportunity to be part of a family tradition that stretches back four decades.

Regina's Maharlika dance group has existed since the 1980s, which is when Gilangos' father first joined the group as a teenager.

"Maharlika was a really good opportunity to bring together other Filipinos that had immigrated or had been born here, and it was a really great way of sharing culture, and I decided I wanted to do that…