Awakening Ceremony for new lion for Chinese Lion Dance

The annual Cleveland Asian Festival was held on May 20 and 21, 2023 and attracted about 45,000 attendees. Each year the Kwan Family Lion Dance Team opens the festival with a performance. This year they have added a new lion so they performed an awakening ceremony on the lion – starting the heart, opening its eyes, blessing the horn and so on. They also gave the lion all of its senses such as sight, smell, taste, hearing and the ability to see into the future and remember his past. CAF MC Wayne Wong introduced Kwan Family leader George Kwan explained the process as they woke the new lion. Then he smacked the lion on the backside to wake it up and it began to dance. https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/asian.htm and https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/chinese.htm

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