Happy Year of Rat, and Gong Xi Fa Cai to all...
We are live in Chinatown, witnessing the annual Golden Dragon Parade, to celebrate Chinese New Year. This year is the first year for both of us to celebrate CNY out of Singapore, so a bit lonely... No relatives to visit, and US is quite quiet about CNY... Lucky still got Chinatown, at least got this event to look forward to. I think should be similar to Chingay Parade, let's see...
Still early, people moving around to get the best seat or standing location to watch the Parade... Parade starts from 230pm.
Parade starts with the LAPD making an entrance, with their bikes and formations. Looks smart and awesome :)
People here are really into parades, just form a group, sign up and participate.
a must-have for CNY...
Even scouts are here...
The world-famous Rat/Mouse??
Another dragon...
Beauty-queen of Chinatown...
LAPD, now on horses...
LAFD and their fire vehicles...
Queen of Cathy Bank.
We got hungry and tired from the standing and the sun, so get inside a restaurant for makan and to rest the legs and back... Noodles and fried rice for both of us... Even the Rat decoration are so cute...
When the parade comes to an end, we walk all the way from Chinatown in Broadway to Macy at 7th St, for a walk in downtown...
As we walk down Civic Dictrict, saw some floats parked there, so grab our camera, and snap some photos...
This is Supreme Court...
And a nice murai, depicting sports...
All in all, Golden Dragon Parade is more of a local-involvement theme, while Chingay has big names from around the world participating. Still prefer Chingay Parade, more entertaining...
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