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| Chinese New Year Twilight Parade 2011, Sydney |
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| Year of the Rabbit |
Just a few pictures from last weekend's Chinese New Year Twilight Parade to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, which luckily didn't get rained out and had eager watchers - poncho-ed and umbrella ready - from Town Hall down to the Entertainment Centre in Chinatown.
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| Famous rabbits: Roger and Thumper |
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| More bunnies |
It was a bunny infestation from the CBD to Chinatown, with all things rabbit featuring in the parade along with performers from Hubei in China.
The performers' assembly area was alive with action hours before the parade start, with hope overcoming fear of rain or cold. Practicing drummers, lion dancers, marching bands, orchestras - it was a colourful sight to see.
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| Bunny's best friend - a carrot |
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| The audience starts to gather |
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| The Rat (me), with cheese and grapes, of course |
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| Bunny cart |
And remaining mostly rain free, the parade took place in front of thousands of onlookers, some five or six deep and all keen to see the sights and all the hard work put into the parade by organisers and participants.
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| Performers at the end of the parade |
Congrats to the organisers for another extravagant parade to ring in the Year of the Rabbit.
ahahaha that carrot costume is awesome!
ReplyDeletelove the costumes! wish i checked it out :-)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't make the parade so am very happy to see this post! Love the photos and in particular the ridiculous sparkly human carrot!
ReplyDeleteHi suze - Yep, she was probably the most popular person in the parade..!
ReplyDeleteHi Simon - Next year ;)
Hi joey - I'm glad you got to enjoy the carrot still :)
how cute, there are so many rabbit costumes!
ReplyDeleteOh I had fun here - I'm so glad the rain wasn't too horrendous.
ReplyDeleteHi Thang - All sorts of bunnies!
ReplyDeleteHi foodie and the chef - Lucky bunnies they were!