Monday, February 6, 2012
Chinese New Year
So, I'm not sure if this is the same event that is listed on the Humanities calendar (which is listed on Wednesday, not Monday), but from the description, they sound like the same thing. So. The entrance to Hagerty was lined with tri-folds covering Chinese history in America and, specifically, Ohio in the 1900. Each tri-fold started with a little bit of information about what was happening historically and how this affected the Chinese in America and then there was more information on those in Ohio. What I looked at focused on the 1930s and 40s and the intense discrimination that blossomed during WWII. There was also a dragon running around in the cafe, which was playing traditional music, which was very cool. It wasn't as big as the ones you see in festivals, but it was still very impressive looking. There was also traditional food, including chicken dumplings, and unfortunately I don't remember the names of the other two things. But one was an egg soaked in soy sauce and cinnamon and a few other things (sort of like an Easter egg, I was told) and the other was pineapples, cherries and some other kind of fruit I couldn't identify soaked in almond - which was very very good.
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Sarah, you missed out. The event listed on the calendar was a performance put on by international students in the Engineering building, which I was fortunate enough to attend with a few of my Chinese friends. The performances were largely improvised, which made for a wonderful evening. Traditional dance scenes, modern music renditions, martial arts performances and a comical hip-hop (strip-tease?) breakdown by a particularly hefty Chinese student were all part of the festivities. Hitchcock Hall was filled, mostly with international students, as we brought in the new year with the courageous performers. The audience was loud and engaged and it made for a great night.
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