24th Lunar New Year Tet Festival


A mature looking woman looking at a vietnamese craft

Album Title: 24th Lunar New Year Tet Festival
Event: January 17, 2009
Date posted: March 12, 2010
Contributed by: Vietnamese Association, Toronto (VAT)
Photos in album: 21


Album Description:

The Canadian Vietnamese communtity of the Greater Toronto Area and its surrounding areas gather together to celebrate the year of the Ox. The event was held at the Better Living Centre in Toronto with over 10,000 attendees, volunteers, performers and exhibit guests. It was hosted by the Vietnamese Association, Toronto. The following images highlight the activities, cultural performances, children games, VIP guests, exhibit booths and the cultural components of the festival.

A picture of a woman smiling as she looks a arts and craft stitching A general photo of the florist section at the 24th lunar festival A front view of one of stands at the 24th lunar festival
NDP Leader Jack Layton making his speech dragon dance performance on stage, two costumed dragons are standing upright with a red banner hanging from their mouths a caucasion male wearing a suit and bowing
two young boys looking at roosters in a pen picture of people playing chinese chess against each other, focus is on a man and young girl playing the game another image of people playing chinese chess, this time with additional observers standing around them
kids walking on a bamboo beam 5 children wearing bright traditional vietnamese costumes, a woman passing a microphone to one of the children children wearing traditiona vietnamese costumes lining up facing the audience
numerous musicians sitting down with their traditional vietnamese instrument - the zither (also known as Dan Tranh) People watching a young man as he is bent over signing a document A young woman story telling to 6 small children sitting in a circle. The children are wearing traditional vietnamese cosumes.
A skit - A girl wearing the traditional vietnamese Ao Dai red dress walks outwards with a basket in hand towards a young man wearing a blue and white costume A girl wearing the traditional vietnamese Ao Dai red dress talking to a boy in a blue and white costume 6 young people wearing traditional vietnamese costumes standing in a row
A young girl reading a vietnamese writing book 6 young people wearing traditional vietnamese costumes balancing on a wooden beam A man in a blue traditional vietnamese costume seated with his hands on the ground holding a strip of green fabric