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2009 Chinese New Year Parade
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The Golden Dragon flowed into view
2009 Chinese New Year Parade
Market at Montgomery, San Francisco, California
(Photo posted Saturday 14 February 2009)
(Photo taken 17:42:54 Saturday 7 February 2009)
© 2009 Bryan Costales

 

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Its long body made for an awesome display
Its body was a whopping 220 feet long
Firecrackers led the dragon down Market Street
A green and yellow dragon boat floated past
The float was actually being rowed
Archbishop Riordan High School
Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy
Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy
Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy
A large, brightly lit box with hearts on its sides
There were smiling faces inside the hearts
Yet another long dragon snaked past
A dancing lion prepared to exchange legs
Gordon J. Lau Elementary School
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School Last year's boar recycled into an ox San Gabriel Valley Chinese Cultural Association The fake cable cars were festooned with balloons Sunset Scavenger Company Get A Life Marching Band
African-style dancing among the Chinese Several groups performed using huge flags Jean Parker Elementary School West Portal Elementary West Portal Elementary The dragon could not see that the man gave up
The both posed in conical red hats Happy children represented Chinese Hospital One float featured well lit umbrella dancers Ronald McDonald was atop a float Some groups performed with wide looping ribbons The UPS driver wore an M&M on his shoulder
One dragon blew clouds of evil smoke The Redhawk Casino The paraded ended with the explosion of firecrackers Preparation included loading fake arms on an ox head One kid was prepared for a loud parade The crowd was dense right from the beginning
Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender, with his kids Kamala D. Harris, District Attorney, with family A fancy headdress on the float of Lawrence Wong Giants followed next One of the giants sported a long black beard A young man filmed the dancing lions
Oversized baby heads came dashing down the street Secretly the mouth was his source of vision Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders for marriage Equality Despite stubby arms, his top-knot was very impressive The Ma-Tsu Temple giants Even with bare feet, he could walk on bare metal
They chatted while pushing the float