Phoenix rising at new dawn

Cultural dancers entertaining the crowd with a number celebrating the arrival of spring. (Right pic) Shoppers strolling by the display of pretty blooms for the festive celebrations at the mall’s Extension Wing on the ground floor. (Below) A dragon dance performance in front of the giant phoenix centrepiece.

AMID a garden of cherry blossoms, a majestic phoenix is finely poised, seemingly ready to soar into the clouds above.

The eye-catching scene, an elaborate backdrop for the Chinese New Year festivities of Gurney Plaza in Penang, has set the crowd abuzz.