Boston’s Chinatown dances in Lunar New Year

Year of the snake: Boston’s Chinatown dances in the Lunar New Year
Dragon, lion and snake dancers took to the streets of Chinatown once again to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the year of the snake on a snowy Sunday morning.
Chinatown’s Lunar New Year celebrations ring in the Year of the Snake
Costumed lion dancers performed for two hours on a snowy Sunday to celebrate the Year of the Snake in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood.
Lunar New Year starts this week. Here's where to celebrate in Boston
Many Boston area restaurants will ring in the Lunar New Year with special menus and celebratory feasts. Popular places to eat for the Chinese New Year include Sumiao Hunan Kitchen in Kendall Square, Margeaux Supper Parlor in Cambridge and Red 8 at Encore Boston Harbor.
5 ways to celebrate Lunar New Year 2025 in Boston
Boston hosts multiple Lunar New Year celebrations, from festivals and lion dances to tea demonstrations and chocolate tastings.
REWIND: Ringing in Lunar New Year with Boston's lion dancers
Chinatown's streets will come to life on Feb. 9 with thunderous drums and the piercing clang of cymbals as nine lion dance troupes celebrate the Year of the Snake in the Chinese New Year Parade.
Lion dancers ring in Lunar New Year at Mandarin Oriental, Boston hotel
As millions of people around the globe ring in the Lunar New Year, one Boston hotel welcomed a local kung fu and tai chi academy to perform and bestow good luck and fortune to all into the year 4,723.
Lunar New Year parade welcomes Year of the Snake in Boston’s Chinatown
A lion dancer kicks a head of lettuce into the crowd, Feb. 9, 2025. The practice called "Choy Cheng" in English "Plucking Greens", is a play on words, with choy the word for green being pronounced the same way, though different tone, as the word for wealth.
Chicago’s Chinatown marks Year of the Snake with Lunar New Year parade
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Chicago’s Chinatown Sunday afternoon to celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year, a 15-day holiday that marks the beginning of a new year in the lunisolar calendar,
Asian community in Ann Arbor marks the Year of the Snake as part of the Lunar New year celebrations
On Saturday, the Asian community in Michigan and beyond marked the Lunar New Year. In Ann Arbor, a special event was held to celebrate the year of the snake. From Tai Chi to the Chinese Waist Drum Dance,
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Lunar New Year, Valentines and More Things To Do in Boston This Weekend
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Boston ushers in Year of the Snake
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What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across ...
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Here's how to celebrate the Lunar New Year in and around Boston
Lunar New Year at MFA Boston 5 to 10 p.m. Jan. 30 One event that will take place later this week is a celebration at the ...