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The Jasmine Dance Ensemble perform at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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The Jasmine Dance Ensemble performs at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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The Jasmine Dance Ensemble perform at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A Korean fan dance performance at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A Korean fan dance performance at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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Red lanterns hung from the ceiling of Boutwell Auditorium for the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A magic performance at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A magic performance at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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The magician closes his show at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A youth dance yoga performance.
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The audience at Boutwell Auditorium watches a dance yoga performance.
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Notinee Indian Dance performs at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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Notinee Indian Dance performs at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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Children hold parasols and watch bracelets being made at one of the vendor tables.
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Children browse gifts for sale at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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Chinese New Year Festival, Boutwell Auditorium.
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Chinese New Year Festival, Boutwell Auditorium.
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A man writes visitors' names in Chinese at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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A man paints fish before writing a visitor's name in Chinese.
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Chinese New Year Festival, Boutwell Auditorium.
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Chinese New Year Festival, Boutwell Auditorium.
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The Birmingham Chinese Association members at the Chinese New Year Festival.
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Chinese New Year Festival, Boutwell Auditorium.
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Performers dance to a closing song at the end of the Chinese New Year Festival.
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The Chinese New Year Festival emcees perform a closing song.
Birmingham's 11th annual Chinese New Year Festival was held on Saturday, Jan. 28. Red - traditionally associated with good fortune - filled Boutwell Auditorium as the community celebrated the beginning of the Year of the Rooster.
Some vendors sold gifts and souvenirs, including fans, lanterns and names written in Chinese. Others offered chopstick lessons or shared information about the Birmingham Chinese Association, the Coalition for Immigrant Justice and other area groups.
Onstage, performers included the Jasmine Dance Ensemble, a youth dance yoga performance, a Korean fan dance, Notinee Indian Dance, martial arts and a magician.
For more information on this annual event, visit bhmchinesefestival.org.
