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This weekend marks the start of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon. Many Asian cultures celebrate Lunar New Year with varying traditions. San Diego Legendary Lion Dance Association explains ...

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with journalist Grace Yeoh, who spent a month with a championship lion dancing team, about the rigors of the dance and what makes it so demanding. Nearly 2 billion people are ...

Giant, furry heads buck and roll, and long bodies slither across the floor behind them. Logically, you know that the colorful creatures in front of you aren’t creatures at all. They’re dancers in ...

The Chinese art of Lion dance has spread good fortune for centuries, and as the Lunar New Year approaches, Lion Dance at Cornell brings a piece of that festivity to the Cornell community. Lion dance ...

Robert Yu put on a large colorful lion head and matching pants, then took to the stage at Westfield Garden State Plaza recently and performed the Chinese lion dance to the beat of a drum before dozens ...

Two children give a lion lucky red envelopes at a Lunar New Year performance in Pineville on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2024. Smoke filled the air as firecrackers erupted and spectators gathered outside Lula ...

As July’s heat lingered well after sunset, the unmistakable sound of clashing cymbals and beating drums of a traditional lion dance music echoed out of a warehouse in Southeast Houston. Inside the non ...