It's Chinese new year again, the year of dragon. If you want to see how Chinese in Ottawa celebrate the new year, come to the "Miao Hui" where you can see the famous dragon dance, traditional Chinese food and of course, a lot of Chinese people.
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What different from last year was Bo participated in many performances with her dancing group. And I was the "official" photographer with the group. All the shows we went were organized by the same community group with limited budget. No free meal, and I had to pay $3 to get into the event. However, people were still enthusiastic about this. After all, not that many opportunities had Chinese got together, especially with people from different parts of China, mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Malaysia.
Some dancing group wore beautiful costumes such as the ones in the first picture. They looked professional but they are from everywhere, school teachers, accountants, software engineers and masseuse, etc. They got together because of the same passion or hobby, dancing. The same as Bo's group, nobody is actually professional. It's all about taking the initiative :-) The costumes Bo's group wore were widely "criticized" before, as they didn't see fit into a traditional Chinese theme. This year, they bought new ones and some time they borrowed from other groups. It did make difference.
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