Peter Kun Frary, Professor of Music • University of Hawaii, Leeward
Peter Kun Frary, Professor of Music • University of Hawaii, Leeward
Lion Dance • Honolulu, Hawaii
Photo by Peter Kun Frary • Canon EOS 50D, EF 17-55 2.8 IS USM
Young Lion dancer peers out from his money gathering mouth in the Chinese New Years Parade in downtown Honolulu: "Where's mah benjamin sucker!"
Kung Hei Fat Choi! It's 4707--Year of the Ox! I'm mainly a landscape and travel shooter but these lively and colorful dancers in Honolulu's Chinese New Year's Parade were hard to resist. Actually had to engage AI servo and let her rip at 6.3FPS. After the parade everybody streamed into the Chinatown block party and enjoyed bad food at inflated prices among a massive horde of party-goers. Oddly, no beer garden. What kind of friggen block party is that?
Both the parade and block party were incredible venues for street photography. People you rarely see elsewhere crawled out of the woodwork in abundance. We were elbow to elbow with pigeon speaking locals from the countryside, swarms of FOBs, confused tourists and a few marauding Chinese lions. Plus the stench of old cooking oil and smoky BBQ grills accented with exploding firecrackers made for a colorful if not uncomfortable night.
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