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January 20, 2006

Year of the Dog to be welcomed

The Asian-Chinese Year of the Dog will be ushered in next Saturday, when Dunedin's Asian community celebrates its New Year's Eve in the Octagon.

Dunedin City Council Events team leader Marilyn Anderson said the Octagon would take on a distinct Asian and Chinese flavour on January 28, when members of the Asian community celebrated the end of the Year of the Rooster and the beginning of the Year of the Dog.
The Octagon would be transformed into a miniature Chinatown, by filling it with drop-down banners giving messages of peace and good hope. Two large concertina dragons would be hung across the carriageway.

....Ms Anderson said the festivi- ties would begin at 6pm with competitions and a prize-giving for the best dog photo and best dog colouring competitions.

From 7pm, cultural groups representing India, Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia and the Philippines would provide traditional Asian singing, dancing and music, martial arts and swordsmanship demonstrations, Ms Anderson said.

The Year of the Dog would be heralded by the Dunedin clock tower bells chiming at midnight, followed by a Chinese fireworks display, provided by the Dunedin Casino, she said. more>>

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