Sentences with phrase «lion dance»

A traditional lion dance performed by the Asian United and Cultural Exchange Council from Flushing kicked off the program in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, as well as brief welcoming remarks by Dr. Marcia V. Keizs, President of York College / CUNY.

Royal Pacific Realty believes it is the first real estate organization in Canada to start its own lion dance team made up of Realtors.

Pan Asian Lunar New Year Celebration marks Chinese new Year, Korean Seollal, and Vietnamese Tét with lion dancing, food, music, crafts, games, and performances, plus table games for kids and more (Brookline)

And you can celebrate them in fine fashion this weekend at the Year of the Hare Lion Dance Parade in Chinatown, 23rd Annual Lunar New Year Festival in Quincy, and Peabody Essex Museum Lunar New Year Festival in Salem.

There are also homegrown options including lion dance club, the fife and drum corps and chorus.

The couple also travelled on foot to the Han Jiang Ancestral Temple, where they were entertained by a traditional Chinese lion dance troupe.

Los Angeles - based artist and filmmaker Andrew Thomas Huang debuts his first solo exhibition entitled Interstice, a multi-sensory film installation and selection of digital prints inspired by lion dances, demon - warding, and occultish functions and depictions of the veil and all it has come to symbolize.

Celebrations were aplenty during the opening ceremony where the chefs from Switzerland, France, South Africa, Japan, China, Spain, the Netherlands, Cook Islands, Turkey, South Korea, Ecuador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Slovenia and Italy enjoyed a canoe ride along the Thu Bon River and later a street parade comprising lion dance performance, live music and dancing around the ancient town.

Now Royal Pacific Realty, with three offices (Kingsway, Oakridge and Richmond) believes it is the first real estate organization in Canada to start its own lion dance team made up of Realtors.

At the academy we teach the traditional Chinese Martial Arts of Choy Li Fut (Cai Li Fo) Kung Fu, Yang Tai Chi Chuan, and Lion Dancing offering a balanced training program.

Celebrate O - shogatsu, Japanese New Year, at the Boston Children's Museum with taiko drums, the shishimai lion dance, mochi rice pounding, a chado tea ceremony, and more (Boston)

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You will also be able to soak in the festive mood throughout the island with celebrations in the form of colourful processions, seasonal markets and lively lion dances.

Had a great lion dance performance at Borneo Divers Dive Academy and Leisure Centre during 2017 Chinese New Year week.

Dragon and Lion Dance Festival: Held on 1 January, the annual extravaganza features hundreds of colourful dragons, lions, acrobats and street performers.

Only 13 to14 people are needed for the firm's lion dance demonstration, which consists of two lions, plus individuals playing musical instruments such as the gong, drum and cymbal that paces the lion as the teams dance.

Just when you thought the party season had grinded to a halt, the streets start filling up with lion dances, fragrant food stalls and a canopy of red lanterns adorn the sky.

Alongside the racing action is a showcase of authentic Chinese cultural attractions including traditional Lion Dance, Chinese Shaolin Kungfu and Chinese folk dancing.

The eatery, located at 17184 Colima Rd., outside of Los Angeles, CA, will kick off the festivities with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., followed by a Lion Dance.

There will be lion dancing (crazy!)

The celebration will feature cultural presentations including the Lion Dance, Kung Fu and Tai Chi Martial Arts, Qi Pao Traditional Gown Show, singing and dancing from local schools and academy schools, and civic and community information booths.

Seven centenarians were honored during the lively program, which also featured a traditional lion dance and a Buddhist prayer ceremony.

Now, with Mario being involved with the Kung Fu School here, there is just something about the energy, the banging of the drums, the lion dances and endless red packets to get excited about.

After the two hour forum ended, they went to Mongkok for an audience appreciation and celebrated with a lion dance.

«Next year Dan hopes to double the number of crackers and bring in a lion dance troupe,» Robinson adds.

It covers all aspects of the festival - Chinese horoscopes, New Year customs, Lucky Money envelopes, parades and lion dancing, family foods and parties, and fireworks.

The most common colors for the lion dance are red to represent bravery, green for friendship, and gold to represent liveliness.

During the Chinese New Year, lion dancer troupes from martial art schools or Chinese associations visit houses and shops to perform the lion dance.

The event will feature ethnic foods, art activities and special performances, including the Lion Dance.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua)-- In the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, people in Chinatown greet the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey with a traditional lion dance, as well as acrobatics and kung fu performances during the Spring Festival celebrations.

A lion dance and traditional Chinese dancers entertained passengers while they waited for their flight to Beijing during the celebrations.

On the one hand, in Hong Kong artist Samson Young's video work Muted Situations # 2: Lion Dance (2014), he creates an unusual setting where the traditional Chinese lion dance is performed without any percussion music.

Kick off the evening with a lion dance parade and then enjoy the nuclear polka sounds of Brave Combo.

It featured a traditional Chinese lion dance thought to bring good luck — possibly the first lion dance ever performed at an equipment auction.

Activities Instructor · Exposed students to Chinese culture through physical education in the arts of kung fu and traditional lion dancing · Facilitated team work and leadership among students through lessons in traditional Chinese drumming.

We will enjoy traditional New Year's food, crafts for children and their parents, a lion dance and a chance to build community with adoptive families.

The event gathered more than 200 industry professionals, and included a traditional Lion Dance and instrumental performance sponsored by One Park Condominiums.

The lion dance is most familiar at Chinese New Year as it prances throughout the commercial sector in Vancouver in search of the green lettuce that shopkeepers place outside their doors.

While the lion dance is known throughout the Chinese culture, China has never been a natural habitat for lions.

Vancouver has a love affair with lions, not just because of the Lions Gate Bridge and the B.C. Lions Grey Cup champions, but also because the lion dance has become a cultural mainstay of many Chinese festivals within the city's large Asian community.

Fung became interested in the lion dance about l0 to 15 years ago when two lions came to a party and demonstrated.

But he was determined and over the last half - year has studied the lion dance.

Royal Pacific's senior vice-president Sing LimYeo, who works out of the Oakridge office and is involved in the fund - raising efforts for the lion dance team, says that Royal Pacific is recognized for contributing to community causes and supporting local projects.

The lion dance is often confused with the dragon dance.

By having a lion dance team that can participate in events, it becomes a way «to promote the culture, heritage and also contribute to multi-culturalism.»

The lion dance is also performed at special events such as weddings, house warmings, shop openings, or, as Fung says, when the B.C. premier attended a banquet to mark the launch of a trade mission to China.