PHOTOS/VIDEO: Hundreds celebrate Lunar New Year at Cape Breton University campus
Christopher Connors
| Posted: Jan. 23, 2020, 5:11 p.m. | Updated: Jan. 27, 2020, 10:52 a.m. | 3 Min Read
Polly Lim, who is originally from South Korea, talks about the hanbok dolls she makes during the Lunar New Year celebration at Cape Breton University on Thursday. Hanbok is in a traditional Korean dress worn during occasions such as festivals, celebrations and ceremonies. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post - The Chronicle Herald
Hundreds of students, staff and community members gathered at Cape Breton University’s Verschuren Centre on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year. The Year of the Rat doesn’t officially begin until Saturday, but CBU helped its students from China, Vietnam and South Korea mark the occasion a little early. The event featured Chinese and Korean food samples, calligraphy from China and Vietenam, and various cultural displays.
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Oliver MacNeil, left, who turns three next month, and Jackson Robinson, 3, had fun batting around a balloon during the Lunar New Year celebration at CBU. The two friends are both from Glace Bay. - Chris ConnorsJenny Wong of Huang’s Restaurant in Sydney was serving up dumplings and fried wontons during the Lunar New Year celebration at Cape Breton University. - Chris ConnorsHuynh Thi Doan Thuy, who also goes by Jessica Huynh, was sharing stories about her native Vietnam during the Lunar New Year celebration at Cape Breton University. She is a master of business administration student at the school. - Chris ConnorsNan Jiang, a bachelor of hospitality and tourism management at CBU, displays rat patterns she made using the art of Chinese paper cutting as part of the Lunar New Year celebration Thursday. This is the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese zodiac. - Chris ConnorsPoppy Zhang, a bachelor of hospitality and tourism management at CBU, was busy writing people’s names in Chinese calligraphy during the Lunar New Year celebration Thursday. - Chris Connors
