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Hong Kong fire dragon dance lights up streets for century-old Mid-Autumn tradition

Hundreds of spectators packed the narrow streets of Hong Kong’s Tai Hang neighborhood on Thursday (September 24) night to witness the century-old Fire Dragon Dance, a dazzling spectacle that lit up the city ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Dating back to 1880, the traditional performance featured more than 300 participants parading a 67-metre-long dragon through the tightly packed streets. The dragon, covered with tens of thousands of burning incense sticks, wound its way past cheering crowds as onlookers raised their phones to capture the fiery scene. The Fire Dragon Dance originated as a ritual to drive away plague in Tai Hang in the late 19th century. In 2011, it was inscribed on China’s national list of intangible cultural heritage. The celebration spans three nights, including the Mid-Autumn Festival itself, which falls on Friday (September 25), and continues through Saturday (September 26).

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00:21We're so proud of the fact that our neighborhood here in Munchastri has been able to keep this
00:26tradition for so many like over a hundred years so it's it's pretty amazing to be
00:30part of something that's been continuous for this long so it's just great to see
00:36a lot of people here and a lot of young people joining the dance and it's just
00:42great to see the older multi-generational just a great celebration of Hong Kong
00:47customs
01:18it's so fun ash falling everywhere burns it's fantastic tell us more
01:25oh it's so fun the excitement the people the crowd everything it's so much fun
01:29out here and there's the tradition of the whole thing I love it I really love it
01:51understanding the neighborhood the tradition seeing all the details
01:55everything from the preparation of the dragon to the lighting of the incense to
02:00the to the festival itself it's been amazing
02:02just turn around on the streets make sure that they're brained
02:35you know because I come here each year
02:36at the exact same time so I see people who are single then I see them get
02:41married then I still have a child and now I see the child do the child dragon and I
02:47know this has been happening for generations to be part of that and to
02:51help them do it is quite quite a gift I feel very lucky they let me do it
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03:09Thank you very much.

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