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Lunar New Year Lion Dance Parade
Feb 16th, 2013 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Media Release
For Immediate Release
Winterlude 2013
the Lunar New Year Lion Dance Parade in the Ottawa Chinatown
February 16, 2013 1pm to 2:30 pm
On Somerset Street from Preston Street to Bay Street
Ottawa, Ontario, November 20 , 2012 – Somerset Street Chinatown Business Improvement Area (BIA) is excited to partner with theNCC in 2013 Winterlude for its annual lion dance parade during the lunar new year onSaturday February 16, 2013 starting at1 pm.
The Chinese Lion Dance goes back over one thousand years. The first record of the performance of an early form of the lion dance dates to the early Qing and Han Dynasties (Third century B.C.).
At the beginning of the lunar New Year in Chinatown, lion dance groups tour from business to business to bring good fortune and to ward off evil spirits.
Come to experience the tradition, hear the fire crackers, and get your New Year good fortune by following the lion dance parade in the Ottawa Chinatown – a multicultural village with an Asian flavour! To celebrate Winterlude in Chinatown, all the zodiacs will come to join the lion dance this year! You would not want to miss this extravaganza!
Admission: Free
About the Somerset Street Chinatown BIA:
The Somerset Street Chinatown BIA’s mission is to improve, promote and undertake projects that will result in a stronger and more competitive commercial district known as the Ottawa Chinatown. The BIA works hard to ensure a vibrant dinning, shopping and entertainment experience rich in Asian culture for visitors and local residents; to maintain a profitable place to own or invest in businesses; and to uphold a positive impact on Ottawa’s social and economic well being.
In Partnership with Winterlude
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Media Inquiry:
For more information, please contact:
Shirley Fang
Executive Assistant
Somerset Street Chinatown BIA
613-230-4707
info@ottawachinatown.ca
www.ottawachinatown.ca