Media Credit: Florence Shen | Staff Photographer
A group performs a dragon dance at the annual Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown Sunday, which drew hundreds of people to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit.
Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer
The Shaolin Temple Kung Fu School participates in the parade procession.
Emmy Numann | Photographer
Mayor Muriel Bowser marches with The Consolidated Benevolent Association, which organized Sunday’s parade in partnership with the Office of the Mayor on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.
Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor
Miss Vietnam looks out into the parade crowd.
Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer
Members of the crowd look gleefully out into the parade.
Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor
A dragon darts through the parade route, obscuring the crowd.
Jennifer Igbonoba | Staff Photographer
A man holds up an inflatable dragon – a symbol of Chinese history and celebration believed to bring good luck.
Emmy Numann | Photographer
Firecrackers explode in the air in bursts of light, leaving behind a cloud of smoke.
Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor
Confetti rains down from the sky after the firecracker show commences.
Lily Speredelozzi | Assistant Photo Editor
Confetti from the fire cracker sprinkles the streets.
This article appeared in the January 23, 2023 issue of the Hatchet.
