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Five Months in New York City: February-June 2020
Five months have passed with excruciating speed and pain in New York City. This post is a look back on the momentous period between February and June 2020 and an attempt to give visual expression to the relentless chronology of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York, Pride, Protest March
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Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown, New York
Posted in Manhattan, New York
Tagged Chinatown, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, New York, parades
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The Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat
The Lunar New Year festivities in Chinatown, New York were celebrated with the traditional drums, lion dancers, and dragon dancers. This year in the Chinese zodiac is the year of the ram, or of the sheep, or of the … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, New York
Tagged Chinatown, Chinese New Year, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, Year of the Goat, Year of the Ram, Year of the Sheep
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Lunar New Year, Chinatown
Firecrackers and fireworks are illegal in New York City, but back when I took these pictures the Chinese people had an exemption for the Lunar New Year, I believe on religious grounds. The lion dances shown here made earplugs absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in New York
Tagged Chinatown, firecrackers, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, New York, photography
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