Photos: Celebrating the Year of the Snake
Members of the Au Shaolin Arts Society deliver a martial arts kung fu demonstration to an audience of preschoolers, teachers, parents and government officials in Wailuku on Friday. Gary Kubota/For the Maui News
Preschoolers offer a good luck lai see to a lion dancer, as part of the celebration of Chinese New Year. The Society has been doing visiting performances on Maui for the past 40 years.
“We’re very honored to come to Maui to show this,” said Ben Seng Au, director and chief instructor of the Society. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
The Au Shaolin Arts Society uses a sword to demonstrate martial arts moves, as part of Chinese New Year’s celebration. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
Members of the Au Shaolin Arts Society of Honolulu use various traditional instruments to entertain a group of preschoolers, teachers and parents at a Chinese New Year’s celebration Friday in front of the Maui County government building on High Street in Wailuku. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
(6) Empty hand combat is part of the martial arts kung fu demonstration by the Au Shaolin Arts Society. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
- Members of the Au Shaolin Arts Society deliver a martial arts kung fu demonstration to an audience of preschoolers, teachers, parents and government officials in Wailuku on Friday. Gary Kubota/For the Maui News
- The Au Shaolin Arts Society uses a sword to demonstrate martial arts moves, as part of Chinese New Year’s celebration. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
- (6) Empty hand combat is part of the martial arts kung fu demonstration by the Au Shaolin Arts Society. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
- Preschoolers offer a good luck lai see to a lion dancer, as part of the celebration of Chinese New Year. The Society has been doing visiting performances on Maui for the past 40 years. “We’re very honored to come to Maui to show this,” said Ben Seng Au, director and chief instructor of the Society. The Maui News/Gary Kubota
- Members of the Au Shaolin Arts Society of Honolulu use various traditional instruments to entertain a group of preschoolers, teachers and parents at a Chinese New Year’s celebration Friday in front of the Maui County government building on High Street in Wailuku. The Maui News/Gary Kubota