Tuesday,
February 18, 2025
Year : 2, Issue: 25
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The rain didn’t stop community members, families and friends from gathering for the 27th annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown on Sunday afternoon.
The parade marched through the main streets of Chinatown, ending on Broome Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Festival booths were set up along Bayard Street between Mott Street and Mulberry Street for event attendees.
Viewers watched a colorful celebration featuring floats, bands and performers representing different communities and cultures.
The event, organized by Better Chinatown USA, marks the culmination of celebrations that kicked off on January 29, the first day of the 2025 Lunar New Year calendar.
Last month, people packed the streets of Chinatown for a firecracker festival commemorating the first day of the new year.
The Lunar New Year is a time-honored family holiday to welcome good fortune and a long, healthy life, and also make lots of noise to scare away a legendary sea monster that would bring the opposite of that.
Red is the color of good luck, and everything has meaning — even food — from noodles to citrus fruits, to spring rolls and dumplings, which specifically represent comfort and prosperity.
Many Asian communities worldwide celebrate the Lunar New Year. In Chinese, it is known as “Chunjie” or Spring Festival, while other names for the new year include Vietnamese Tet, Korean Seollal and Tibetan Losar.
