Chinese New Year Festival 2019 in Chinatown Los Angeles - Golden Dragon Parade / Unique Foods & MORE
A visit to Chinatown in Los Angeles California for the annual Lunar New Year celebration and annual Golden Dragon parade . Lots of entertainment , food and fun spread over a few city blocks .
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here this
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adventure brings us to Los Angeles
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California the entrance to chinatown
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directly behind me where they are
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holding their annual parade and New
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Year's celebration let's get in there
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check it out I'm inviting you to join me
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shall you these annual festivities are a
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very large crowd draw for this area and
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I must admit I've never personally seen
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it with my own eyes should be fun this
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temple is incredible the architecture of
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it there are a few people lighting
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incense here in the front
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stepping inside the roof is incredible
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all these lanterns and it is the year of
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the pig so they have on display a few
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right there next to the candelabra
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this is a wishing tree by writing a wish
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on these cards and hanging it from the
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branches giving yourself good luck and
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in hopes of your wish coming true for
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the new year
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just had a nice little rain shower it's
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not going to damper the events however
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starting immediately the east wind lion
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dance is about to perform and then all
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the other events happen top the entire
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rest of the course of the day
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this road has been closed off and you'll
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notice just across from this archway on
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this restaurant written on the wall says
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bestseller movie by Jackie Chan rush
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hour was shot there
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Oh
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what animal is this year and the answer
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was Pig my second question was how many
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animals are there in the Chinese zodiac
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all 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac in
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correct order in correct order London
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stock I've been here at other times of
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the year whenever there aren't events
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normally there is a barricade around
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Bruce Lee but today he's completely
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accessible propose they've slid over the
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normal gate that's it in front of him
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but there is a security guard so
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no standing no standing on the statute
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as stated there I think it's more of a
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look but don't touch
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scenario
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that's awesome plenty of food vendors on
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site
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gosh you smell so good I'm starting
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again so I can get a little hungry
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standing in the middle of the parade
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route see the police officer going by
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and a few people are throwing a frisbee
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around
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this is frightening careful he point
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that thing
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oh gosh startled me and not just food
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options but also some merchandise
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vendors along the streets
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these are pretty neat they're like
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puppet versions of the Lions the dancing
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Lions that you see in the shows except a
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little bit smaller and you utilize
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utilize that to make a move
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decided to walk all the way down to the
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end I'm not sure if this is where the
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parade begins or ends but it is where
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the grandstand and seats are you see if
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they're off in the distance just a
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little bit the route is pretty lengthy
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it goes way down there it looks like
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they're heading to this staging area
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it's about to begin these banners
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represent a variety of things and
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everything from peace and harmony to
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happiness to wealth and dreams coming
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true
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you caught me chewing on some boba at
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the bottom of this green tea not only is
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it a beverage but also a little snack
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you can see you see a little boba going
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up the straw
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so it appears to be a little activity
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coming this way I probably should get
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out of the road yeah it's on the way
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I win it up oh hey actually go ahead
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this nice flat toy that's besides go
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ahead
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I'm seeing all that activity made me
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work up an appetite of thee I guess now
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time to get some food
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they're not messing around with the
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street cleanup immediately following the
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parade have some heavy equipment out
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here
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naturally died organic vegetables inside
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some stickers without colourful there I
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was like a whole rainbow of flavor going
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on well a rainbow of colors right there
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on top of that girl and this is what
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we're dealing with a little side of
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cabbage and some carrots and a dipping
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sauce soy I believe
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that juice out on the bottom that
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layered up that last piece of cabbage I
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consumed whoo spicy
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I can safely say I've never tried this
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dragon whiskers candy I kind of have to
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don't want to know exactly what is
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what's inside them honey
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just try to use honey okay is it spicy
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starting to break apart as I as I pick
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them up you can see kind of what's down
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inside there think I should just go
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let's go pull in just go for it
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I'd be pretty good their appearance is
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very misleading
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these things are taste very tell if this
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was falling apart ooh very very tasty
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they just fall apart in your fingers
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