(toskanews) — Il Ditan park is filled with visitors for the fair Chinese New Year dedicated toyear of the Horse. Dancers in costume, drums and traditional choreography alternate on stage, while smartphones and red lanterns appear among the audience.
There lion dance opens the shows: the performers enter the stage amid applause and drum rolls, move through the crowd and then go on stage. The colorful costumes wave above the heads of the spectators, who film each step.
Alongside the artists in the flesh, artists also enter the scene robot. A robot dogdisguised as a lion, performs synchronized movements. Other robots dance in front of the audience, bending and rotating to the tune of traditional music.
The fair combines entertainment and greeting symbols: women and families pose next to fake Chinese gold bars, the “yuanbao”and to statues of horses, emblem of the lunar new year.
Between fish-shaped lanterns and children on their parents’ shoulders, the celebration mixes ancient rituals And contemporary technologyin a park transformed into an open-air theater for a few days.
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