Lunar New Year welcomes the Year of the Horse
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Friday, January 31 marked the start of the Year of the [Wood] Horse and 15 days of Lunar New Year celebrations, which for Brooklyn’s Asian community, meant a weekend full of parades, music and dance performances, games, costumes and more.
The public festivities kicked off on Saturday, February 1 inside P.S. 310, where hundreds of people gathered for the Chinese-American Planning Council’s (CPC) afternoon of lion dances, a kids traditional costume contest, Chinese riddles, games, performances, raffles and snacks.