Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with a lion dance, traditional Korean, Chinese, & Filipino performances, exclusive offers and more

There will be a DJ and photo booth, as well as the first 500 shoppers will receive a red envelope including exclusive deals and offers from GSP shops.

The celebration begins at 12pm in the Level 1, Court area near Pandora

Performances Include:

12pm - 12:15pm: Asian American Lion Dance Association

Lion Dance Performance and Mr. and Mrs. Bunny

• The Lions wake up

• Lions greets the guest

• Lions accepts the lucky food offering

• Lions wishes all a healthy and prosperous new year with messages on scrolls.

12:15 – 12:30pm: Korean Community Center

Korean Fan Dance (Buchaechum)

This dance is performed at many celebrations and events in Korea, and has become popular worldwide. The correct name is Buchaechum. Buchaechum was created in 1954 by dancer Kim Baek-bong and originating on the peninsula, it has become one of the great ambassadorial art forms for Koreans around the world because the movement and color are stunning and captivating no matter what culture you are from. While native to Korea and performed by professionals touring the world, the fans and moves of the Buchaechum are also taught by community groups all over the world.

Talchum (Mask Dance)

A ‘mask’ in English is ‘Tal’ in Korean, and we call a dance with a mask ‘Talchum’. ‘Talchum’ is multi-art which represents the everyday life of Choson Dynasty people as it really was. Tal is made of paper, wood, calabash and animals’ fur. Red, black, white and other primal colors are favored and they represent the sex and age of the characters. An old person’s mask is black, whereas that of a young man is red and that of a young woman white.

NANTA

NANTA means "wild beating" in Korean. It is similar to the traditional Korean performance, Samulnori, which uses drums and gongs to produce powerful beats and rhythms. Instead of these traditional musical instruments, NANTA performers use household objects such as brooms, knives and trash cans to create their own version of Samulnori. There is no dialog. The entire performance focuses on movement and rhythm to deliver messages. The best part of NANTA would be its interaction with the audience.

12:30pm – 12:45pm: Huaxia Chinese School at Bergen

Mongolian dance: Mother in The Distance

This dance is a group of beautiful girls on the Mongolian prairie express their thoughts for their mothers in the distance with songs and dances!

kuaibanr - “Tongrentang” tells the interesting story of a medicine called Equisetum in Tongrentang, a famous Chinese pharmacy. This performance features the use of bamboo clappers – the “kuaibanr” – to accompany a rhythmic comic monologue. Performance by Sixiang Ding

Butterfly Lovers – Violin Solo - One of the most famous works of Chinese orchestral music, the piece features a solo violin played using Chinese techniques. It tells the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, a pair of lovers who are separated by fate, but ultimately reincarnate as butterflies whose wings beat together forever. Performance by Miya

12:45pm - 1pm: Filipina Dance Ensemble of NJ

The Amazing Filipina Dance Ensemble of New Jersey is an all nurses volunteer cultural dance troupe from Central New Jersey. Their main advocacy is to showcase the rich, vibrant and colorful history, culture and tradition of the Philippines through folkloric, ethnic and indigenous dance and performance arts.

"Sinulog Festival Dance Performance"

Sinulog Festival is the oldest and grandest of all festivals in the Philippines celebrated in the central islands of the Visayas region of Cebu.
Celebrated on the third Sunday of January coinciding with the Lunar Year, it is a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the Santo Nino, the Holy Child.
The dance moves to the sounds of the drums that resembles the "raging current of the river" which literally means "Sinulog " in the local vernacular and colorful elaborate masks and headdresses and costumes to fend off evil spirits, bad omens and unlucky vibes.
With the special adaptation thru the centuries to imbibe the Lunar Year celebration "Year of the Rabbit "in the Philippines islands it aims to send Good Luck, Good Fortune, Happiness, Long Life and a Lifetime of Love to those who witness it.

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