Whittlesea lunar year celebrations

The Whittlesea Chinese Association is holding a Lunar New Year event. (Damjan Janevski). 382439_02

Whittlesea Chinese Association is gearing up for its annual Lunar New Year festival celebrations.

Having first run an event in 2006, the association continues to shine at one of its biggest events of the year.

New president Albert Yew said they were pretty excited for this year’s event.

“There will be choir and some Chinese dancing and some other Indian and Bollywood dancers. There will be a performance from the Lion Dance team from Bendigo.”

Mr Yew said this year was a massive year in the Chinese calendar with it being the year of the dragon.

Everyone is welcome to attend, but space is limited at the celebration due to the size of the venue, with the festival being held at the Epping Memorial Hall.

The festival is on February 24, from 1-4pm.

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