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Chinese Lion and Dragon Dance Teams Performed in Ankara

This year is regarded as Turkey’s Chinese culture Year, during which many important cultural exchange activities are held. During the period from May 18th to 20th, Tong Liang Dragon Dance Team from Chongqing and Nanhai Dali Huang Feihong Lion Dance Team from Guangdong were invited by the Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara City Government and Ankara International Youth Festival Organizing Committee to Ankara to participate in the Youth Art Festival performance. The lion dance and dragon dance with Chinese characteristics was presented to the Turkish audiences.

Since it is an important program in Turkey’s Chinese culture Year, many important relevant leaders attended to watch the performance such as Chinese cultural counselor to Turkey Embassy Yu Jian, director of European Union and the Far East Coordination Department of Turkey Ministry of Tourism and Culture Sayite and the mayor of Jinshan city in Ankara. In addition, the fantastic performance of Chinese lion dance and dragon dance attracted thousands of audiences to watch.

The period of holding the youth art festival is special because May 19th is the anniversary of Ataturk and also the youth and sports festival. Just as those European students who come to Chinese school to study Mandarin know, Ataturk was the first president of the Republic of Turkey and was honored as the father of the nation by the Turkish people. Naturally, when it comes to May 19th, the young people in Turkey commemorate the father of the national Ataturk through a variety of ways.

At 12 twelve o‘clock at noon on the date of May 19th, accompanied by the clear and cloud cymbals, 13 dragon dance performers and 11 lion dance performers dresses in yellow and red and white costumes showed in Jinshan Square in Ankara, celebrating the Ataturk anniversary day and the youth and sports festival together with the local citizens. When Chinese performers appeared on the stage, a large number of audiences were attracted, causing a series of warmly applause.

According to the introduction of the European students who paid attention to the news during the process when they study in intensive Mandarin course in China, the first team in appearance was the lion dance team. Under the command of the coach Chen Mingquan, the performers presented a series of actions like jumping, playing balls and rolling and so on. Later, the long dragon composed of the performers appeared with a series of difficult actions, winning much applause.

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