Sunday 29 January 2012

1989: The Year of the Snake


Flashback to Chinese New Year in February 1989. Two traditional singers usher in the Year of the Snake in the heart of what was then a newly renovated and expanding Manchester Chinatown.

As far as I can remember it was the first Chinese New Year celebration I attended and I probably took the photo with my trusty Olympus Trip.

A few months later the Tiananmen Square protests took place in Beijing and hundreds of innocent Chinese citizens were killed... 

5 comments:

  1. Flashbacks don't always hold good memories Chrissy.

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  2. A great look back...to remember that historic fact.

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  3. Lets trust this snake year is more blissful.

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  4. That was a very unsettling time. Tragic images from that year.

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