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Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 1:59 pm
A weekend of activities to mark 20 years of
Wellington’s Chinese New Year celebrations will go off
with a bang on Saturday 13 February. The capital city’s
night will light up with a fireworks display to farewell the
Year of the Rat and welcome in the Year of the Ox, supported
by Stonewood Capital.
Believed to have originated in
ancient times, fireworks were
used during
Chinese New Year celebrations when noise and fire were
thought to dispel evil spirits and bring good luck to
communities for the coming year.
Stonewood Group Is
pleased to be supporting the festival s fireworks display
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 12:08 pm
Organisers of Wellington’s Chinese New Year Festival
(13-14 February 2021) have added an exciting new component
to the 2021 festival. From 1 February the public will be
treated to the
Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail, an
installation of specially commissioned artworks by locally
and internationally based artists around Wellington’s
CBD.
Yin-Ju Chen, work in
progress for Pig zodiac sign 2021, Chinese New Year Festival
Zodiac Art Trail 2021, courtesy the artist.
Supported
by Asia New Zealand and Wellington City Council, the
Chinese New Year Zodiac Art Trail will feature 12
artworks across discoverable sites in Wellington’s CBD and
waterfront. Activations by local performing artists will