‘Lion dance here more vibrant than in China’


Lion dance hunters: Borter (left), Mller and Kaufman looking at a lion dance costume in Ipoh.

IPOH: Swiss national Martin Borter has been training in Chinese martial arts and lion dance for two decades now.

But the 30-year-old has never seen a lion dance performance during one of the largest occasions in Chinese culture – Chinese New Year.

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