A Magical Start to the Year of the Snake!
A unique multi-cultural event marked the Lunar new year “ The Year of the Snake “in Cork. Leaders of many cultural and faith traditions gathered with local community activists to light some of the 1000 candles at a traditional Chinese Buddhist ceremony led by the Chinese Esoteric Buddhist school from various countries who travelled to Cork especially for the event from several countries.
We celebrated the Lunar New Year with a beautiful 1000 Lights Ceremony, bringing luck and good fortune for the year ahead. From the glowing candlelit procession down Church Street to the heartfelt gathering at Shandon Studios, the evening was truly special.
Attending celebrations for the Lunar New Year as part of the Cork Chinese New Year Festival : Lord Mayor Cllr Dan Boyle,
Rev Meghan Farr St Annes Church Shandon,
Pra Ajan + Dr.Kumuda of the Thai temple Mitchelstown.
Jithu Barua of the Bangladesh Buddhist Association , Ali Moulai representing the Muslim community & Feed the homeless in Cork,
Neal Dunnigan Chaplain Cork Unitarian Church .
Sifu Jules Gibson Cranch of the Jambhala Centre Essex
CHEN Yan UCC Confucius Institute UCC , Michelle Twomey of the Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance and
Mary P O Connor of the Chinese Esoteric Buddhists Cork along members of Corks multi-cultural communities celebrated Cork as a tolerant artistic city with a welcome for all.
Candles were symbolically lit and carried down Church street to Shandon studios where a traditional 1000 Lights ceremony was held to bring luck and good fortune for the year of the Snake
Organised by: www.corkchinesenewyear.comwww.shandonstudios.comwww.esoterichanmi.comwww.jambhala-centre.co.uk/
Thank you to all the Cork organisations who helped make this event happen especially the Cork Volunteer Centre and YoYo Asian Supermarket who sponsored the wonderful food Dara O Dara O’Brien and friends for the great music
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