Here's a bit of the dragon
dance from the Chinese New
Year celebration at Siam
Paragon in downtown Bangkok.
They also had some amazing
lion dancers, but
unfortunately my camera ran
out of battery, so I couldn't
record all of their
performance :-P. Sorry!By the
way, dragons are considered
good luck in Chinese culture,
but
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Here's a bit of the dragon
dance from the Chinese New
Year celebration at Siam
Paragon in downtown Bangkok.
They also had some amazing
lion dancers, but
unfortunately my camera ran
out of battery, so I couldn't
record all of their
performance :-P. Sorry!By the
way, dragons are considered
good luck in Chinese culture,
but they must be
appeased/pacified before
they'll bring you good
fortune. So many dragon
dances involve gifts of food
or daring acrobatics as a way
to impress the dragon
spirit.Thailand is heavily
influenced by a mix of Chinese
and Indian cultures, so
Chinese New Year is a pretty
big holiday here. Most
businesses close and the malls
put on big shows.

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