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India and Nepal 2022
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Location Date Yangon 1492124400 Naypyitaw 1491087600 Yangon (Rangoon)
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Today is the lunar moon new year festival and across the city, the Chinese community is celebrating the year of the rooster.
In the office on Friday I hear the sound of drums and symbols and go downstairs to watch the dragon dance.Later that same day, I spot another dance performance in the grounds of the Novotel hotel. Its colourful, skillful and full of vitality which is a real tonic for me!
The costumes are white, red yellow colours and I see several truck loads of dance groups on the Yangon streets today.
On the Saturday evening, I head down to Chinatown with Kathleen, Jane, Chris, Melani and Hilary. The place is heaving with people and there is a party atmosphere with live music and dragon parades.The temples are illuminated and hundreds of lanterns adorn the streets glowing a rich red colour in the night sky.
19th Street is famous for its street restaurants and we eventually find a table and have a great time drinking beer from a giant dispenser and eating sea bream, mushrooms and kale.There are a few foreigners in town tonight joining in the festivities which will last for three or four days.
The streets in Chinatown are a reminder of 'old Rangoon' - full of character and characters! Many streets have names to highlight the trades like merchants street, books street and so on. Let's hope that the year of the rooster is a good one for everyone.
In the office on Friday I hear the sound of drums and symbols and go downstairs to watch the dragon dance.Later that same day, I spot another dance performance in the grounds of the Novotel hotel. Its colourful, skillful and full of vitality which is a real tonic for me!
The costumes are white, red yellow colours and I see several truck loads of dance groups on the Yangon streets today.
On the Saturday evening, I head down to Chinatown with Kathleen, Jane, Chris, Melani and Hilary. The place is heaving with people and there is a party atmosphere with live music and dragon parades.The temples are illuminated and hundreds of lanterns adorn the streets glowing a rich red colour in the night sky.
19th Street is famous for its street restaurants and we eventually find a table and have a great time drinking beer from a giant dispenser and eating sea bream, mushrooms and kale.There are a few foreigners in town tonight joining in the festivities which will last for three or four days.
The streets in Chinatown are a reminder of 'old Rangoon' - full of character and characters! Many streets have names to highlight the trades like merchants street, books street and so on. Let's hope that the year of the rooster is a good one for everyone.
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Peter The 'selfie' generation Bro! It had to come, I guess. Sounds like a great night.