Lunar New Year
- Lion dancers of the Chinese Association of Saipan start their way through the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Saipan in front of Hyatt general manager Guillaume Delemarle, far right, to usher in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- Lion dancers of the Chinese Association of Saipan perform outside the Realty Management Services office inside the JP Center building to usher in the Year of the Rabbit last Sunday morning. (LADYVIR CANAPE)
- The lion dancers of the Chinese Association of Saipan start their way through the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Saipan in front of Hyatt general manager Guillaume Delemarle, far right, to usher good luck in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- The lion dancers of the Chinese Association of Saipan start their way through the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Saipan to ward off evil spirits and usher in good luck in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- The lion dancers from the Chinese Association of Saipan dance around Hyatt Regency Saipan general manager Guillaume Delemarle, center, with his son and Rose Chan from the Chinese Association of Saipan at the Hyatt lobby during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- The lion dancers make their way to the Kili Cafe and Terrace of the Hyatt Regency Saipan to ward off evil spirits and usher in good luck in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- The lion dancers perform in front of a crowd at the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Saipan to ward off evil spirits and usher in good luck in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- A lion goes up for the lettuce offering hung atop the Hyatt Regency Saipan lobby entrance, which it “ate” and spat out to spread wealth, prosperity, and good luck, according to the lion dance Chinese tradition. (LEIGH GASES)
- The lion dancers move to the beat of the drums while the firecrackers explode in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Saipan to ward off evil spirits and usher in good luck in the Year of the Rabbit during the first day of the Lunar New Year Sunday morning. (LEIGH GASES)
- Lion dancers of the Chinese Association of Saipan prepare to enter the JP Center building in Garapan to perform inside the many offices housed inside the building to bring good luck in the Year of the Rabbit last Sunday morning. (LADYVIR CANAPE)