New York’s Chinese community parade celebrates Year of the Dragon

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The Chinese-American community danced dragons through Chinatown in celebration of the Year of the Dragon and the commencement of the new lunar year. USA. 29th January 2012

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in Our World, on the 29th of January 2012

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Two girls in traditional headdress on Mott Street before the start of the parade.

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Participants gathering on Mott Street prior to the start of the parade.

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A young woman drummer from New York's Hung Sing Kwoon martial arts and lion dance organization.

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A young woman drummer from New York's Hung Sing Kwoon martial arts and lion dance organization.

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A drummer from New York's Wan Chi Ming Hung Gar Institute dragon and lion dance team.

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A young man in ornate, traditional costume and headdress.

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Organizing dragons on Mott Street prior to the start of the parade.

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Dragons laid out in Mott Street prior to the start of the parade.

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One of several marching bands in the parade.

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Drummers with the Chinese Restaurant Association float behind them.

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A traditional dancer prior to the start of the parade.

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A Chinese-American woman participating in the parade opens a fortune cookie.

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Children from Manhattan's DeSoto Schhool, P.S. 130, with their dragon.

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Women in traditional Chinese costumes wave banners from a float.

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Marchers from Beijing High School No. 761.

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Dragon dancers with a red and gilt dragon.

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Two dragons pause before continuing down the parade route.

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A gold and turquoise dragon snakes down the parade route.

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Families and friends of the Asian LGBTQ community in the parade.

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A grinning student from the DeSoto School, Manhattan's P.S. 130, carrying a dragon in the parade.

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The Chinese community and its supporters, along with the merely curious, turned out in droves on a mild, sunny winter day to parade through New York's Chinatown today to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. Individual businesses as well as business and social associations, martial arts troupes, schools and lion dance societies all turned out in varying degrees of costume to usher in the new lunar year, considered by many to be the most lucky of the 12 animal years.

The predominant colors seen were red (and lots of it), a symbol of good luck, and gold, a symbol of, well, gold, and money. Whether wearing traditional costumes, band uniforms, or school or society sweatshirts, red was the clear winner for color-of-the day.