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A POPULAR AND LOUD CELEBRATION IS BACK WITH A BANG IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
THE TRADITIONAL FIREWORKS AT AGE AT TIMES SQUARE, OFFICIALLY USHER IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE.
SNAKE IS VERY SYMBOLIC IN THAT IT REPRESENT A YEAR OF REBIRTH, A YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION.
SO WE AS THE SNAKE GROW AND SHED THE SKIN, WE TOO MUST LET GO OF WHAT WAS THE PAST AND THEN MAKE WAYS FOR A NEW BEGINNING, A MUCH BRIGHTER BEGINNING.
THAT NEW BEGINNING FOR THE NEW YEAR IN GRAND PRAIRIE ALSO BRINGS SPECTACULAR DRAGON AND LION DANCES AND MANY OTHER COLORFUL TRADITIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
SHARED BY BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, DETERMINED BY PHASES OF THE MOON AND THE CHINESE CALENDAR.
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION CALLS FOR A MULTI-DAY FESTIVAL THAT WAS SPREAD OVER THREE WEEKS AT ASIA TIMES SQUARE.
LEADING UP TO THE VERY MEMORABLE FINALE ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY, EACH AND EVERY YEAR SEEMS TO GET BIGGER AND BETTER, AND THAT IS THROUGH UNITY.
AND AS WE REPLACE IGNORANT WITH ACCEPTANCE, WE CAN ALL JOIN TOGETHER, CELEBRATE TOGETHER, AND LUNAR NEW YEAR IS THE BIGGEST ASIAN HOLIDAY.
LOWE SAYS THAT THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE GRAND PRAIRIE'S LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST POPULAR IN NORTH TEXAS.