Asian 10 Feet Lion

Asian 's 10 Feet Lion

Well, it’s actually an expired entry. My company hired lion dance in conjunction with Chinese New Year. This group had unique sets of clothing, with fluorescent pants and orange lion, Anyway, Mostly are in red actually.

The Orange Lion

Positioning

Look at their outfits. Bright Bright one ok.

Another one joined in

They will perform and sniff around your working area to bring luck and prosperous according to Chinese belief. It used to have fire crackers for this event, but due to the ban on crackers, the drummer need to hit the extra bass.

Our main office entrance, with Mr Malik, our receptionist.

Doing thier "in" thing

Some Vege where the lion gonna bite it down

You gotta groove it, uh...ya..oh.

Sniff Sniff for good luck.

Inside our finishing Dept.

History

The lion dance originated in China close to a thousand years ago. The lion is traditionally regarded as a guardian creature. It is featured in Buddhist lore, being the mount of Manjusri.

There are different variations of the lion dance in other Asian cultures including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore,with each region possessing their own styles.

Chinese lion dances can be broadly categorised into two styles, Northern (北獅) and Southern (南獅). Northern dance was used as entertainment for the imperial court. The northern lion is usually red, orange, and yellow (sometimes with green fur for the female lion), shaggy in appearance, with a golden head. The northern dance is acrobatic and is mainly performed as entertainment.

Southern dance is more symbolic. It is usually performed as a ceremony to exorcise evil spirits and to summon luck and fortune. The southern lion exhibits a wide variety of colour and has a distinctive head with large eyes, a mirror on the forehead, and a single horn at center of the head. The lion dance also sybolises the myth of the Chinese new year

The Lion dance is often confused with the Chinese Dragon Dance, which features a team of around ten or more dancers. The Lion Dance usually consists of two people.


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ZeroToHundred brother Ram’s birthday on last Friday! Lots of TT kakis and hell of a night @ Beer Garden. Hehe.

Then Saturday was Danielle's Birthday. We went to Cabana for celebration. About 40-50 of us were there, the back portion all occupied by us. I haven't had so many people celebrated a single birthday party, for a long time now. They drank like fug! Most of them pissed drunk in the end, except for me, Big Cat, Jacky and Ah Tong.

Cause we hid like mad and avoid it most of the time. Saw Mitzy and Rain too. Didnt see them like for few months now. Everything seems ok now. :) God Bless.

Rain+TY+Mitzy