Last week we saw the Chinese New Year celebration in Philadelphia. There was a parade where store owners hung out long (about 8 feet) strings of fireworks. A man dressed up lit the fireworks, whose noise is supposed to drive off demons, and then he waved a stick around to scare off the spirits. Meanwhile, several lions made up of people danced in an effort to help drive away the demons. The store/restaurant owner also hangs a head of lettuce out as some kind of offering.
It was all very weird and festive.
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