Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
Elected officials, and community and business leaders lead off the parade.
Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
Kids lining up along guardrails to get a good view.
Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
The Dragon, always a fan favorite, makes its way through Flushing.
Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
It’s never to late to kick out a few jams, Gangnam Style, like this PSY impersonator.
Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
Drummers marching close to the front of the parade.
Photos by Rick Maiman
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
One of the parade’s more ornate lion dancers.
Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:30 am
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Updated: 10:39 am, Thu Feb 28, 2013.
Flushing celebrates the Year of the Snake
Flushing was bit by a snake on Saturday.
The annual Lunar New Year parade has become a welcome staple of life in the neighborhood, with lion dances, music, dragons and delicious food galore.
The parade’s organizer, the Flushing Chinese Business Association, was focused on being inclusive to all nationalities, not just the Chinese and Korean contingents that bookended the parade.
The parade, now in its 17th year, features an average of 4,000 marchers. The holiday began on Feb. 10, but the gala event occurred a weekend later.
— Joseph Orovic
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