Sunday 17 February 2008

Lion dance

Announcing the arrival of the lion dance troop...

One of the members arranges 8 oranges, some lettuce and our red packet on the floor.

The cute orange lion steps in, and starts 'chewing' on the lettuce.


It prances around vigorously to the drum beat, tossing oranges and lettuce in the air.


It sits on the floor, moving about to the rhythm...


..sometimes making faces...


...and then it gets up to leave....

..leaving behind a tangerine artwork- prosperity!

If you wish to see a short video, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtizXSQdyA

6 comments:

The Real Mother Hen said...

So cute!!! :)
Ahhh I want some lion dance too, maybe I should get a blanket and start doing one! hehe :)

I just finished reading your last few blogs, very funny :)

La delirante said...

What a great tradition! Thanks for sharing those wonderful pictures with us :)

The World According To Me said...

Brilliant pictures! I'd like to see the Lion dance in my office!

Here's to prosperity!

Unknown said...

a lion in sneakers - cute ^.^

J@n!ce said...

I love to watch such performances. This here, we din visit our uncle's house bcos my brother passed away a few months back. They usually will call for lion performance :)

Michelle said...

Lovely photos. Awww, I want to have a lion dance too! I'd love to be a "piece of lion" and dance about like that, but not the back end. I'd get lost and probably go the wrong way = stre-etched lion

:-D

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