It was cold and rainy on a recent evening, but the weather didn't stop the Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team from practicing their routine for an upcoming Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration. Surrounded ...

The drumbeats filled the Linh Son Temple in northwest Houston. A Vietnamese Buddhist monk blessed the paper-mâché lion and watched it rise and shake and twist across the rugged grounds. On a recent ...

The Vinh Phat Market hosted the Southern Lotus Lion Dance Association who performed a Lion Dance in celebration of the lunar new year. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. The lion, and the lion dance, is ...

Hiep Thi Nguyen nodded an enthusiastic hello as she sat outside her beloved church, bundled in a puffy red winter coat. She has trouble hearing and doesn't speak English, but her friendliness is ...

WORCESTER - The Lion Dance is a workout. When the acrobats of the Imperial Lion Dance Troupe hopped on each other’s shoulders and raised the heads of their lion costumes aloft, ears wagging, it was as ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WHAS 11 is highlighting the Vietnamese community in Kentuckiana. The AAPI community doesn't make up a large portion of Metro ...

Most of us associate lion dancing with Chinese culture, expecting to see the fuzzy lion heads bobbing around in parades celebrating Chinese New Year. However, lion dancing is also in integral part of ...

Fresh lettuce is offered to lion dance performers with the Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance Association during the Lunar New Year festival in Seattle on Feb. 3, 2024. (Amanda Ray / The Seattle ...

Celebrations of the Lunar New Year are underway for many traditional East Asian countries. The Southern Lotus Lion Dance Association celebrated the new calendar year Saturday at Saigon Noodles in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For nearly 15 years, the Soaring Phoenix Dragon & Lion Dance Association has provided a place for vulnerable Asian American youth in the Greater Houston area to call home and ...

Two children give a lion lucky red envelopes at a Lunar New Year performance in Pineville on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2024. Smoke filled the air as firecrackers erupted and spectators gathered outside Lula ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Portland lion dance group is gearing up for a busy couple weeks as the Lunar New Year celebration begins Sunday and continues until February 5. White Lotus Dragon & Lion ...