Chiang Mai celebrates dragon year with festival Monday

Chiang Mai on Monday launched the 10th Chiang Mai Chinatown Chinese New Year Festival 2012 at Waroros Market area in the heart of the city.

Chiang Mai Mayor Tassanai Buranupakorn and Chinese Consul-General in Chiang Mai, Zhu Weimin jointly presided over the opening ceremony of the festive event, which featured a procession almost one-kilometre long.

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