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Lions and dragons that enliven the Lunar New Year

With the Lunar New Year starting on February 10, Canberra Prosperous Mountain Dragon and Lion Dance Group and its founder David Wong are in big demand, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.

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Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport

Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport Meet some of the troupes taking an ancient tradition to new heights. Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport Copy Link A lion dance performer during Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur. Soo Hon Keong/Getty Images In This Story At the biannual Genting World Lion Dance Championship in Malaysia in 2018, a series of 21 poles, ranging from four to eight feet in height, lined the arena. On top of each one was a platform 12 inches in diameter. Suddenly, a pale blue Chinese lion with a white fur trim jumped up onto the stilts to the rhythm of a beating drum and clanging cymbals. Bucking its head and rearing up on its hind legs, the lion seemed to leap effortlessly between the poles some as far as 6 feet apart. The Chinese lion dance is meant to look endearing and whimsical, but underneath the colorful costume, there were two immaculately coordinated performers who had been training in stunts