Lunar New Year taps into Calgary's ImaginAsian

CBC Calgary was at the ImaginAsian market for Lunar New Year for three days of activities, performances and community.

CBC Communications · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 6:56 PM EST | Last Updated: February 13

Calgarians' favourite memories of Lunar New Year

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Music and performance filled Calgary's City Hall during this year's ImaginAsian Market during Chinook Blast. Over the February 9 weekend, Calgary's Asian communities came together to celebrate Lunar New Year.

From vendors selling cultural products, an evening lantern parade and cultural music and dance performances, over 35 communities participated in the festival hosted by volunteers.

CBC Calgary joined the celebrations to chat with attendees about what they enjoy most about Lunar New Year.

The event also launched CBC Calgary's annual Asian Changemakers nominations for Asian Heritage Month in May.

Meet CBC Calgary's Asian Changemakers 2023

This collage of five different images shows: A woman beams while holding green produce up inside a hydroponic vegetable operation, a man with a shaved head smiles into the distance, a bearded man smiles into the camera while youth play cricket in the background, a young woman standing on a street looks seriously into the camera, a bearded young man with glasses standing by some bushes stares into the distance. — Victoria Lee on being a BIPOC, female hydroponic farmer in Calgary; Henry Tsang and the art of storytelling through architecture; Hamza Tariq on revolutionizing the cricket industry in Calgary; Justine Bui on raising awareness about colourism through art; Aseem Pandey on helping reduce our carbon footprint. (Screenshots of video by Dyllan Goodman/CBC)

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Lunar New Year taps into Calgary's ImaginAsian

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