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As rain began to fall at the start of the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program, Totoro stopped by to help the Humboldt Taiko drummers move under cover of a large tent for their performance.
Photo by Mark Larson
A heavy cloudburst arrived just in time for the drumming performance by Humboldt Taiko who had moved under cover of this tent at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival.
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Humboldt Taiko, led by Gary Ronne (center), found refuge from the rain under a large tent for their performance leading off the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program.
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The Eureka Chinatown Street Festival featured a variety of activities for attendees, including calligraphy instruction and fortune telling.
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The first stick shaken out of the container revealed one's fortune at this activity booth at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival.
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Bursting bubbles was a popular activity at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival kid's zone.
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The Lion Dance team members waited out the rain delay inside the Clarke Historical Museum before their first performance could start in the program for the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival.
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Once the rain stopped, the first performance of the Lion Dancers got underway at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival.
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The Lion Dance performers showed off their strength and agility in their performance at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival.
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At the end of the Lion Dance the performers hold these symbolic banners aloft. In Chinese culture, the lion symbolizes power, wisdom and superiority. People perform lion dances at Chinese festivals or big occasions to bring good fortune and chase away evil spirits.
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Eureka Chinatown Street Festival attendees at the end of Lion Dance performances participated in the tradition of offering the Lai See donation for the Lion to "eat" it.
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Members of the Humboldt County Lao Dancers posed for a group photo before they performed in the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program.
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The bubble machine at E and 2nd Street in Old Town was a popular stop for children on this rainy evening.
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Members of the K-Pop Dance Team from Eureka High School performed at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program.
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Light from a fill flash highlighted members of the K-Pop Dance Team from Eureka High School as they performed at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program.
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The Dragon Dance team emerged from the Clarke Historical Museum at the Eureka China Town Street Festival. The dance is performed by a team of dancers who manipulate a long flexible giant puppet of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along the length of the dragon.
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The Dragon Dance at the Eureka China Town Street Festival featured a team of dancers who manipulate a long flexible giant puppet of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along the length of the dragon.
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Attendees at the Eureka China Town Street Festival got to enjoy a close interaction with the Lion Dance performers.
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The Lion Dance at the Eureka China Town Street Festival involved performers dressed in a lion costume consisting of a lion head and a long, colorful lion body. The lion is operated by two or more performers who mimic the movements of a lion while inside the costume to create the illusion of a lion moving and interacting with the audience.
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The last element of the Lion Dance at the Eureka China Town Street Festival involved this Lion leaping up on to these benches to perform.
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Lion dancers at the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival's Saturday evening performance were highlighted by use of a gentle fill flash to create a darker, less distracting background.
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As rain began to fall at the start of the Eureka Chinatown Street Festival program, Totoro stopped by to help the Humboldt Taiko drummers move under cover of a large tent for their performance.
