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...
Very sad year!
ReplyDeleteFlashbacks don't always hold good memories Chrissy.
ReplyDeleteA great look back...to remember that historic fact.
ReplyDeleteLets trust this snake year is more blissful.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very unsettling time. Tragic images from that year.
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