Winners of photo contest: HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR?

Congratulations to Nirupama Kumar for this winning photo of a Lion Dance! “I was at friend’s house for their son’s birthday party. To celebrate his Chinese-Indian-finnish heritage, The Texas Dragon Dance Team performed a traditional lion dance in their back yard. The sun was streaming in, it was perfect”. Niru is Indian American, from Austin. …

Celebrating diversity

Excerpt ABOVE: The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team perform Saturday morning during the daylong Slice of Pflugerville festival, which put the spotlight on the city’s diversity. Citation Austin American-Statesman (TX) (Austin, Texas), May 1, 2024: 53. NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=image/v2%3A16F275EA2D996A88%40AWNB-198B0BC5419BB6BA%402460432-198BFBC405D2C8CB%4052-198BFBC405D2C8CB%40.

Dances with Dragons

Excerpt Spectators watch The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team perform a Chinese lion dance during the Lunar New Year Festival at the Paper + Craft Pantry in East Austin on Feb. 19. Citation Austin American-Statesman (TX) (Austin, Texas), February 25, 2024: 41. NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=image/v2%3A16F275EA2D996A88%40AWNB-1973D7B86FE25850%402460366-19763D1727717E1A%4040-19763D1727717E1A%40.

Dragons and lions dance for the year of the rabbit

Citations Austin American-Statesman (TX) (Austin, Texas), January 29, 2023: 46. NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.atxlibrary.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=image/v2%3A16F275EA2D996A88%40AWNB-18F2A48D242D89D5%402459974-18F5139AAC393356%4045.

Ringing in the Lunar New Year

Excerpts Top: The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team performs a Chinese dragon dance at the Lunar New Year Festival at the Paper + Craft Pantry on Sunday. Left: Duc Tran, dressed as Dai Tou Fut, or big-headed Buddha, struts past the crowd during the Chinese dragon dance. The character often accompanies dragon and lion dances and …

Featured Photo

Excerpt Taran Champagne, a member of the Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team, performs lion dance Tuesday afternoon on Gregory Plaza. Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team is a performance driver lion dance group based in Austin, Texas. Sources http://hdl.handle.net/2152/47031

Traditions blend at Lunar New Year fest

Excerpt For the Lunar New Year Celebration, the Lion-Dragon Dance Team [sic] performed in front of hundreds of attendees. Sources http://hdl.handle.net/2152/46890

Lion, dragon dancing preserves culture

Excerpt Lion, dragon dancing preserves culture By Lindsey Cherner Daily Texan Staff Six students run holding their poles at 90 degree angles, each attached to part of a Chinese dragon’s body. After weaving back and forth across the South Mall, they create a wall with the dragon’s body for any passers-by to admire. Like a …

Lion and Dragon Dancing for Chinese New Year Stock Photos

February 3rd, 2011 marked the beginning of the year of the Rabbit and Chinese New Year in Austin, Texas was celebrated in style. Every year to ring in the new year, dancers from the Texas Dragon Dance Team perform their athletic, traditional dance routines in colorfully adorned and beautiful Chinese lion costumes. They perform this …

Year of the Rabbit

Excerpt The Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team performs at the opening of the celebration of the lunar new year in The Union Ballroom. Sources http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26723