Did you know that in many parts of the world there is a tradition of chasing away winter and the bad spirits, and inviting and letting in the light and spring?
The Chinese Lantern Festival is traditionally held in February to mark the end of the Chinese New Year, so it coincides with the carnival celebrated at the same time in Hungary.
On the Chinese Lantern Festival taking place on Batthyány Street you can watch a traditional Chinese music-dance-singing show, you can get familiar with a traditional Chinese musical instrument, the kucheng (guzheng), and then admire a dazzling light show by fire jugglers. The colorful program includes a carnival costume contest for children (of course, with great prizes) and at the end of the event Aquamano gives a great family concert with a street ball.
To close the event, we’ll pick up wooden spoons and chase away winter with a loud shouting and a banging. Feel free to bring noise-making tools, wooden spoons, bells!
Program plan:
16:15-17:00 Storytelling with crafting at Debrecen Pagony bookstore
16:45 Costume contest participant registration, introduction to Chinese language
17:00 Welcome speech
17:15 Chinese dance and music performance
17:30 Fire jugglers light show
17:45 Traditional carnival, costume contest, photography
18:00 Musical carnival family show with Aquamano
18:50-19:00 Winter-chasing
The event is organized by Debrecen Creative Community and the Confucius Institute.
The celebration is supported by CATL.
