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Lantern Festival Lights Up Yellowknife

Friday marked the first day of Lunar New Year, the year of the Ox. To celebrate, the newly formed Yellowknife Chinese Association hosted its first-ever Lantern Festival at Somba K’e Park (going on until March 6). I spoke with Frank Fu of the Yellowknife Chinese Association about what we can expect. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Q: So what will be taking place at the festival Friday night? Fu: That will be the opening of our Lantern Festival. We’ll light the lanterns and people get together.  What’s the significance of the Lantern Festival in Chinese New Year festivities?

First Yellowknife Lantern Festival kicks off Chinese New Year

First Yellowknife Lantern Festival kicks off Chinese New Year CBC/Radio-Canada © CBC Paper lanterns and cards with riddles filled the Somba K e Civic Plaza in downtown Yellowknife for the Lunar New Year, part of a weeks-long cultural celebration organized by the Yellowknife Chinese Association. Yellowknife s Somba K e Civic Plaza was a sea of red lanterns Friday night as the Yellowknife Chinese Association celebrated the Lunar New Year with their first ever Lantern Festival. The event announced the arrival of the Year of the Ox, associated with hard work and progress, and kicked off weeks of special events and celebrations organized by the association.

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