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February 15, 2008 - 10:00 pm

Chinese New Year celebrated Sunday

The 14th annual Chinese New Year Celebration is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Las Vegas Chinatown Plaza, 4255 Spring Mountain Road.

The celebration, welcoming the year of the rat, will feature traditional foods and exhibits.

Live entertainment, including a lion dance, a 150-foot dragon parade, Chinese folk dance, Japanese Taiko Drummers and kung fu and martial art demonstrations, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 221-8448.

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