Hong Kong welcomes the Year of the Pig with a colourful parade featuring festive floats and various performing groups representing local and the Mainland as well as other parts of the world, including world-class performers and world record holders, according to organisers at the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)
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| Photo: Hong Kong Tourism Board |
The 2019 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade was staged on 5 February (the first day of the Year of the Pig) in the popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Themed ‘Best Fortune. World Party.’, the parade featured 34 floats and performing troupes from over 11 countries and regions. It consisted of a number of world-renowned performing teams and world record holders, including Junior New System from the Philippines, which gained fame in the American talent show “America’s Got Talent”, Face Team Acrobatic Korfball from Hungary, which holds 10 Guinness records, Hiplet Ballerinas from the US, whose videos have achieved overwhelming popularity on social media platforms, and multi-award-winning Austrian acrobatic troupe The Freaks Acrobatic Show.
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