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Community Resource Chinese New Year:

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2!32 - way, 4686--Year of the Dragon

Ram 10 The Lunar New Year is dso the dragon as auspldous and

=]led the "Spring Festival". For muriapus animals. Lion and T - w &gush ~X&Z the Chimse p p l e it is the most dragon d a m v t tlw 2m-a - T- i m w t of alI tmditiond dispersaf of demonIe forces and

Open Tuedays & Thursdays, festivals. At the beginning of the disaster and the attra&n of good 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm. tw&h lunar mnth, people begin fortune. '-r - 1 Chan Lam. Curator. bustkg about with preparations to At every Lunar NEW year cel-

welcome in the new yaw. The elmiton, lion and dragon dances New at the Center: house must lw swept and holiday are the most popular preformancs.

provisions stocked up. The p v a i l - Everyone wa- the s b w and h g nmd is charged with excite- wishes each other gmd luck S d e f l ~ grade 2 r m t e v h e r e .

Science grades 3-4 On New Yeaf s Eve, families ~ & m w w e d m t l g

Science grades 5-6 gather to share reunion dinners. ~hdh of T- 119871. i % d m 4 ~ m d h g 4 i & b y k ~

in Lao, Hmng, Cambodian, VN Afterwards* children meive Social Studies, gr 2 grfts of money in red envelop.

The whole family stays up talking Social Studies, grades 3-4 dl night na goes to sleep. Social Studies, grades 5-6 ms is h w n as Mwa-g the

in Lao, Hmorrg, Cambodian, VN year." At midnight, firwackers are Math grade 2 set off and everyone welcomes the

Math grades 3-4 start of the new year by saluting

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in Lao, H ~ o ~ Q , CafWOdjan. VN holiday rolls around, the lion and He& grade 2 dragon dances are the liveli-t and

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