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Photo Essay: Lunar New Year Parade

By Lily Speredelozzi, Emmy Numann, Florence Shen and Jennifer Igbonoba • January 23, 2023
Florence Shen | Staff Photographer
A group performs a dragon dance at the annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown Sunday, which drew hundreds of people to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit.

The annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown on Sunday drew hundreds of people to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit.

The Shaolin Temple Kung Fu School participates in the parade procession. (Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer)
Mayor Muriel Bowser marches with The Consolidated Benevolent Association, which organized Sunday’s parade in partnership with the Office of the Mayor on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. (Emmy Numann | Photographer)
Miss Vietnam looks out into the parade crowd. (Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor)
Members of the crowd look gleefully out into the parade. (Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer)
A dragon darts through the parade route, obscuring the crowd. (Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor)
A man holds up an inflatable dragon – a symbol of Chinese history and celebration believed to bring good luck. (Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer)
Firecrackers explode in the air in bursts of light, leaving behind a cloud of smoke. (Emmy Numann | Photographer)
Confetti rains down from the sky after the firecracker show commences. (Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor)
Confetti from the fire cracker sprinkles the streets. (Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor)
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