San Francisco had their Chinese New Year parade on Saturday February 7th. Dragons streamed down many of the blocked off streets. This seems like the 4th of July parade. There are tons of spectators watching performers stream down the streets. Vendors are selling cheap toys and candy. This is the largest celebrated part of Chinese culture outside of Asia. The American Chinese New Year is probably like Cinco de Mayo, where it's celebrated diferently in America, yet Mexican and Chinese Americans acceppt the Americanized celebrations. The people holding the dragons are dancing the whole time. This seems similar to when Native Americans celebrate by dancing.
image: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/chinese-new-year-par-1384/
MLA: Rubenstien. "S.F. Chinese New Year parade of dragons." San Francisco Cronicle. 7 Feburary 2009. 8 Feburary 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/08/BA3V15PN9G.DTL
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