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Spain celebrates Chinese New Year with grand parade

STORY: Spain celebrates Chinese New Year with grand parade DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the grand parade 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): OSCAR GABRIEL, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): Visitor STORYLINE: After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional Chinese New Year Grand Parade returned on Sunday in Madrid, celebrating the arrival of the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. Over 600 people, dressed in traditional costumes and carrying lanterns, paraded in the Madrid district of Usera -- home to the largest number of Chinese in Spain. The parade attracted thousands of local people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): OSCAR GABRIEL, Visitor "I think it's great especially for children to learn more about other cultures. In fact, it is great and it should be promoted more." SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): Visitor "Cultural mixing is very important to progress as a society." Main offices of the Madrid City Hall were also lighted in re

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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11th anniversary of 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

About 600 lanterns are lit at a memorial event in Iwanuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2022, on the eve of its 11th anniversary.

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11th anniversary of 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

About 600 lanterns are lit at a memorial event in Iwanuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2022, on the eve of its 11th anniversary.

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11th anniversary of 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

About 600 lanterns are lit at a memorial event in Iwanuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2022, on the eve of its 11th anniversary.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment. (Kyodo)