Chinese New Year marked with joy in Binondo

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 10:08:29 +0000

A FIRE breather delights Chinese New Year revelers on a street in Binondo, Manila Saturday. Dragon and lion dancers were also out in full force during the celebration welcoming the Year of the Metal Rat. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu)

Hundreds of people joined a series of events in Binondo, Manila – the home of one of the world’s oldest Chinatown – as the Filipino-Chinese community welcomed the Chinese New Year yesterday.

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso joined the celebrants as early as Friday night in a concert at Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz before several fireworks display lit up the skies to mark the year of the Metal Rat at midnight.

Lion and dragon dances were held on many streets – Ongpin, Juan Luna, and Reina Regente, among others – as it is believed to cast out bad luck.

Several men dressed in spawn Mandarin were also visible and some tried to pose for a
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