Hong Kong revives 'living tradition' of fire dragon dance


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Performers take part in the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Thousands of excited spectators packed the grid-like streets of a usually quiet Hong Kong neighbourhood on Thursday night, eager for the resurrection of the city's fire dragon dance after a three-year pandemic-spurred dormancy.

Smoke and fire swirled in the heady air, wafting from the dragon's 67m (219-feet) body which is made up of thousands of incense sticks.

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