The Daily Tribune
Almost 3-M join Manila Chinese New Year celebrations
An estimated three million people attended the Chinese New Year festivities in Manila's Chinatown, the largest and oldest in the world.
The celebrations, which ushered in the Year of the Wood Snake, took place on Jan. 28 and 29.
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, Vice Mayor John Marvin "Yul Servo" Nieto, and City Administrator Bernie Ang led the festivities.
A grand fireworks display, which included a musical drone show, marked the arrival of the Chinese New Year at midnight on Jan. 28.
The event garnered praise from Chinese organizations and embassies, who called it the "grandest" Chinese New Year celebration in the country.
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