Revellers ushered in the Lunar New Year in Sydney’s Chinatown on Wednesday (Jan 29) in a street festival that attracted locals and tourists alike.
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00:00Revelers ushered in the Lunar New Year in Sydney's Chinatown on Wednesday in a street
00:07festival that attracted locals and tourists alike.
00:10A dance troupe performed traditional lion dances in colorful lion costumes to kick off
00:16the festival, which was adorned with models of snakes, alluding to the new lunar year
00:21being a snake year.
00:23Designer Fiona Ho explained that she created cartoon-style snake models for the festival
00:28to make them more approachable.
00:58The Sydney Lunar New Year Festival will run from January 29th to February 16th and will
01:03feature a variety of events including night markets, performances and dragon boat racing.