{"id":1341,"date":"2009-02-01T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2009-02-01T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T10:12:00","slug":"chinese-new-year-parade-sydney-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=1341","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year Parade, Sydney 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well for the second year in a row, I went to the new year’s parade. Though I have something else in mind for next year. Unlike last year<\/a>, this time the parade was held at dusk and this time I went with the SPB.
\nWe met at Central Station and then headed to the Edinburgh Castle for a late lunch\/early dinner. Even though James had said otherwise, the kitchen was closed when we arrived and we had to wait 45 minutes till it opened.
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\nWe then headed down into China Town and picked a spot along the parade route to spend the evening. It was an hour and a half before the parade started.
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\nThe parade got off to a slow start. There was some problem that we could not see and a fire truck came trough the crowd and went up george street. A while later the parade started to come down to where we were.
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\nThe first part of the parade was local groups. They came with the floats from last year, but now lit up for the night time.
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\nSome people took the higher view of the parade.
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\nAnd then came the professional groups from China. One woman from Anhui provice spoke with me during the parade. She was very proud to be here and of her troupe. And I think I played the drums with one of the drummers when I was in Harbin a few years back.
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\nSome more photos of the crowd.
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\nAnd the police.
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\nThe end.
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