10 Feb 2010 ~ CNY Parade Hi-Lites ~ Part I

Listening to: Andrew Tosh (with the Peter Tosh Band) ~ Rastafari Is (8-30-89 : The Grand Emporium, KC, MO)

I've finally been able to go through a few of the videos/photos I took at the Chinese New Year Parade.

This first shot is of the Thailand float.

In December 2011, the King of Thailand celebrated his 84th birthday, so this float represented a combination of Chinese and Thai golden dragons for symbolize prestige, fortune and protection.

As a footnote, the King of Thailand was born on a Thursday, so as I recall from my visit there in 2006, people tend to wear yellow shirts on Thursdays.

We were then entertained by the Jeollanamdo Provincial Institute for Korea Traditional Performing Art from South Korea. For some reason it reminded me of the gymnasts with the twirling thing.

http://youtu.be/9wmn3RgqNUY

I enjoyed the China National Tourism Administration group as well.

http://youtu.be/3de9yT62yh8

Remember in my previous post, I mentioned trying to find the bottle of wine, and at the deli ran into a parade participation group from Italy? Well, here they are performing in the parade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Ap-lG6gD8

My comment which you may hear about the scissors...I was very surprised to see a scissors cymbol as I have been told in Chinese culture you do not give or represent scissors on festive occassions as it means the severing of ties between relationships. Hmmm..guess those Italians need to do a little cultural research and less drinking.
I will leave you with a vidoe you cannot really see, but you should hear me, being very overwhelmed at being at street level and the performers being too close to video or photograph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJdcUh7dgRY
More on that next time...