Happy Lantern Festival 2005

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At the Lantern festival there are many performances. One of them was this Chinese Opera.

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There are dragon ‘races’.

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A few of the many lanterns hung.

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Children are given little lanterns to carry around. They’re made of paper and have little candles inside them.

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Some children have electric lanterns like this one.

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Another key activity at the Lantern Festival is solving riddles. Chinese riddles are written on long strips of colored paper and hung on a line for everyone to read. If you think you’ve got the answer, you tear it off the line and take it to an official. If correct, you win a prize!

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