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05
Feb 2022
Ripon joins in Chinese New Year celebrations
Bambudda restaurant in Ripon served up a taste of Chinese New Year celebration with a lion dance yesterday evening.
The colourful event was due to take place on Kirkgate at 6pm, but the dancers and musicians were held up in traffic on their way from Manchester.
However, a large crowd of people, including families with young children, returned for 7.30pm to see two puppet lions gyrating to the percussive beat of drum, cymbals and tambourine.
The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, dates back more than 4,000 years and is the longest holiday of the year in China. This year is the year of the tiger.
The lions 'scare off evil spirits and bring positive energy'
The celebrations will last until 15 February and end in China and other countries with a spectacular Lantern Festival, which features ancient spiritual traditions and celebrates family reunions and society.
Some ancient Chinese traditions were on display in Ripon, as Bambudda owner Benjamin Wu, who was born in Hong Kong, told the Stray Ferret:
He added:
Bambudda owner Benjamin Wu, with the lions who bring good luck and good health
General manager Lucy Nguyen, said:
The musicians
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