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Last Sunday saw the Year of the Rooster<\/a> being celebrated in Manchester\u2019s City Centre. Whilst travelling into town to witness the festivities, I spotted the Chinese Dragon dancers limbering up outside the main entrance to Central Library and a crowd beginning to congregate. Heading over to investigate resulted in a front row view of the performance, as three two-person dragons danced and ran around, interacting with children and hung from on high to unfurl a banner. More photographs of their frolicking can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The header image above is of one of the big parade dragons, carried by a multitude of performers as it circled just outside Manchester Town Hall before heading out on the parade route.<\/p>\n

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