PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — It’s almost that time of year when you say Happy Lunar New Year!
Whether you call the new year the year of the horse or the year of the fire-horse, it is definitely cause for celebration.
There was even a little pony at this Lunar New Year celebration at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
It was the eighth annual Lunar New Year celebration at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, with a sold-out crowd of 500 people, and so much for everyone to learn about these Asian traditions.
“It’s actually the year of the fire horse with galloping energy,” Sandy Lin, the event organizer, told PIX11 News. “It’s a very hopeful, energetic time to get to work,” she added.
The lion dance from the Brooklyn Lion Club was performed three times in a packed hall with so many appreciative adults and little ones.
“It’s such a great, community-building event,” Fred Tang, the board chair of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, told PIX11 News. “So many folks celebrating Lunar New Year, exchanging traditions, bringing families all together,” he added.
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There was a performance by Violet Duabolo, a yoyo-like Asian tradition, as well as dance classes and a tea ceremony
“My family is from Taiwan, so it’s really important to me that my children are connecting to my heritage,” Eveline Chang-Fritsch told PIX11 News. “I want to keep that lineage going,” she added.
“The lion dance is the highlight for me,” her husband, Brian Fritsch, told PIX11 News. 4-year-old Quincey and 6-year-old Olly agreed.
The year of the fire horse doesn’t officially start until February 17, so there will be many more lion dances to come.
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