Shoppers can get a taste of the Orient this weekend with a host of spectacular celebrations to mark the start of Chinese New Year.
This Saturday, Basildon's Eastgate Centre will be staging a range of displays and dances to mark the beginning of the year of the monkey.
The highlight will be a lion dance that snakes its way through the mall, visiting over a hundred stores along the way.
Eastgate promotions manager Mike Horton said: "We are always delighted to share in the fun of such a cultural event, which has been described as being among the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia."
It starts at 11.30am.
Published Thursday January 22, 2004
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