Event - Year of the Fire horse (2026)

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Happy Newyear and congratulations to all those born in the Year of the Horse.. even more so because you also bring luck to us Dogs.

Chinese Lion dance in Tongeren to celebrate the Year of the Horse

This Chinese Newyear started on February 17th and since the festivities are ongoing till March 3rd; this weekend the celebration came to the peaceful town of Tongeren. It should have been decently announced by the city, because now most people stumbled upon it by accident or due to being linked to Naahm Kuen, the local Kung Fu / Tai Chi club. A celebration like this deserves more! Mostly because it was a colourful feast for all ages and a very well executed Lion dance by Yip's Lion Dance Team. Let us hope it will return.

▷ All photos can always be found on/downloaded from my Flickr and here in this Album!
▷ A "How to download stills from Flickr" tutorial was posted here.
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▷ A video might go to Clapper & to Tiktok
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The photo gallery (Click on the arrows on the side to scroll):   

Chinese Newyear (2026)

 Update: 100% of all stills have been edited & uploaded 

 

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And at the start of the celebrations I dedicated a #page1project to Newyear:

@deeprednoise_vzw THE PAGE 1 PROJECT - Happy Year of the Fire Horse Every week from Samhain till Ostara I read the 1st page of a book on Tiktok. I do this strictly for myself, to learn to accept my voice again after half a millennium and to become confident in my voice. It's almost always in Dutch, but I own only an English copy of this book, and I really wanted to read this passage for Chinese New Year and for Saturn's Great Reset. So if somebody listened by accident: Hi I'm Red Cathedral and usually I take photos and make videos. Sorry to have interupted your daily scrolling with a text that I found important. Txt (c) Confucius - The Wisdom #booktok #page1project #confusius #chinesenewyear #yearofthehorse ♬ origineel geluid - DeepRedNoise_vzw

 

For those who prefer carnaval: https://tinyurl.com/CarnavalTongeren26 

Or if you like reading, then listen to more books read by an ancient bearded photographer :

▶️01. Anne Rice - De mummie (30/10/2025)
▶️02. Naomi Novik - Temeraire (Deel 1) (05/11/2025)
▶️03. Bernie Sanders - Het is oké om kwaad te zijn op het kapitalisme (10/11/2025)
▶️04. Garth Nix - Het Oude Koninkrijk 2 : Lyrael / ook op Instagram (14/11/2025)
▶️05. George Orwell - 1984 (19/11/2025)
▶️06. Kaye Dee - Drags & Drama #1 : Liefde heelt / Ook op Instagram (26/11/2025)
▶️07. Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan - De meester 2 - De val (03/12/2025)
▶️08. Joe Haldeman - De Eeuwige Oorlog (10/12/2025)
▶️09. J.R.R. Tolkien  - De Hobbit / ook op Instagram (17/12/2025)
▶️10. Alexander Olbrechts - Vergruizer / ook op Instagram (22/12/2025)
▶️11. Rick Priestley  - Warhammer 40.000 : Rogue Trader  (23/12/25) [EN]
▶️12. Stephen King  - Mobiel (26/12/2025)
▶️13. Robin Hobb - De Kronieken van de Wilde Regenlanden 3: Drakenstad (30/12/2025)
▶️14. Antonio Gala - Wees Gelukkig / ook op Instagram (01/01/2026)
▶️15. Martialis - De pittigheid van wrange vijgen / Ook op Instagram (03/01/2026)
▶️16. Haruki Murakami - After Dark (07/01/2026)
▶️17. Philip Pullman - Het Boek van Stof 1 : La Belle Sauvage (14/01/2026)
▶️18. Barbara De Smedt - Alleen / ook op Instagram (21/01/2026)
▶️19. Joe Abercrombie - De Eerste Wet 2 : De Weg van de Angst (28/01/2026)
▶️20. Virginie Despentes  - Apocalyps baby / Ook op Instagram (04/02/2026)
▶️21. Dave Gibbins - Atlantis (10/02/2026)
▶️22. Jilliane Hoffman - Vergelding / ook op Instagram (14/02/2026)
▶️23. Confucius - The Wisdom  / Ook op Instagram (17/02/2026) [EN]
▶️24. Hugo Raes - Het Smaràn  (25/02/2026)
▶️25. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 / Ook op Instagram (04/03/2026)
▶️26. Kate Mosse  - .. (11/03/2026)
▶️27. Clive Barker - ..  / ook op Instagram (18/03/2026) 

 

A direct link to this article: https://tinyurl.com/FireHorseTongeren

 

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