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A group of dancers performs in front of an audience.
Viet Step dancers perform in front of hundreds of attendees of the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Hundreds attended the Lunar New Year celebration at the Mountain View Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 10, an event that featured an impressive line-up of 13 different live performances, featuring local musicians, dancers and youth groups, as well as community booths with family-friendly activities.

The performances were the main attraction of the event, as hundreds crowded into the community center to listen to and watch the performers, who were drawing on both traditional and contemporary art forms. Youth groups, in particular, captivated the audiences, as young children sang and danced, much to the delight of family and friends.

The final performance ended with a lion dance, a traditional Asian art form that originated in China.

A family makes crafts at a table.
Irene, 3, center, and her mother, Chunyan Wang, right, create paper fortune cookies at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
People at a Lunar New Year celebration.
Community members take photos under red hanging paper lanterns at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A family looks at riddles on a piece of hanging paper.
Ping Lu, left, and Lushun Wang, right, try to solve a riddle with their son Allen at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
People make paper masks.
Children create paper masks in the shape of dragon heads at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A performer plays the drums.
The Korean Dance Academy perform at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A lucky red envelope.
An attendee of Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View holds a lucky red envelope on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
People make balloon art.
A team of people at Berry Fun’s booth work hard to create balloon art for attendees of the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A wish hanging on a tree.
Handwritten wishes written by community members hang in a tree at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Children sing.
Children part of the USA Angel Choir perform at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Audience members have fun.
Attendees watch and enjoy performances at the Lunar New Year celebration in Mountain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A lion dance marionette.
A child holds a lion dance marionette at the Lunar New Year celebration in Moutain View on Feb. 10, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

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Emily Margaretten joined the Mountain View Voice in 2023 as a reporter covering politics and housing. She was previously a staff writer at The Guardsman and a freelance writer for several local publications,...

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