dragon dance
Lunar New Year
A dragon dance is a traditional Chinese performance in which a team of dancers manipulates a long, serpentine dragon figure mounted on poles, creating undulating movements through coordinated choreography.
The dance is a centerpiece of Lunar New Year celebrations and other festivals, believed to bring good luck and prosperity.
The dragon dance wound through Chinatown as firecrackers popped.
- Chinese New YearEast Asian lunar celebration
- firecrackersSmall explosive novelties
- red envelopeFestive monetary gift wrapper
- street paradePublic celebratory procession
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
choreography · coordination · teamwork · team spirit · troupe · undulating · folklore · good fortune · good luck charm · rhythm · poles · mythology · costumes · dumplings · serpentine · long body · cultural preservation · acrobatics
- Lunar New Yearred envelopes, firecrackers, lanterns, dumplings, jiaozi
- Tetlucky money, red envelopes, peach blossom, family reunion, reunion dinner
- holiday traditionsChristmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year
- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism
- cultural traditionsflamenco, tango, kabuki, hula, capoeira
dragon dancesilent vigil
Wordless period of watchfulness
moment of silence · meditation · funeral rites · quiet contemplation · mourning ritual