Minnesota communities reflect, celebrate as sacred holidays overlap
Ramadan, Ash Wednesday and Lunar New Year all overlapped this week. Different faiths, different cultures but one common thread: Unity.
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Ramadan, Ash Wednesday and Lunar New Year all overlapped this week. Different faiths, different cultures but one common thread: Unity.
Ramadan, the Lunar New Year celebration and Lent all started within the last 24 hours. For some, these sacred and celebratory moments have a different meaning following the massive ICE surge in Minnesota.
Communities across Minnesota and the world are marking the start of the Lunar New Year on Wednesday.
It’s a bright day for many across the world — the Lunar New Year.
The Lunar New Year is less than three weeks away, but a big celebration in Burnsville this weekend is kicking things off.
A big celebration is happening this weekend to kick off Lunar New Year celebrations in the Twin Cities. Tri Tang and Julie Le from the Vietnamese Community of Minnesota visit WCCO to discuss all the fun.
To mark the Lunar New Year, Starbucks will release its “Abundant Year Savory Latte" — but don’t expect to see it on the menu anywhere in Minnesota.
Enkhbileg "Billy" Tserenbat and his daughter Jetsun stop by the WCCO kitchen.
This weekend, communities across the world, including the Twin Cities, will mark the start of the Lunar New Year.
Many communities across the world will be celebrating the Lunar New Year this weekend, including in the Twin Cities. Pauleen Le gives us a sneak peek at how our local Chinese, Korean, Tibetan and Vietnamese communities will mark the occasion. Click here for more info.
Taekwondo Grandmaster Yong Hyeok Lee talks with Pauleen Le about how Koreans celebrate the Lunar New Year — and she demonstrates her might by destroying a wood board! Click here for more info.
Pauleen Le meets a local group of young Vietnamese-American artists who perform the iconic lion dance. Click here for more info.
Pauleen Le visits the University of Minnesota to meet two members of the Chinese-American Student Association to learn about their Chinese New Year celebration this weekend. Click here for more info.
The death toll from a tragic mass shooting in California has now risen to 11. Today, a group of Minnesota lawmakers say the AAPI community is reeling.
Experts think the number of COVID deaths will peak in China in the coming days, and despite a travel boom, the worst of the pandemic may finally be over.
The impact of this weekend's mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in California is being felt during festivities in Minnesota.
WCCO’s David Schuman shares the local reaction to the mass shooting from those at celebrations here in Minnesota.
We’re learning more about the suspect in the mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California.
The suspect apparently shot and killed himself inside a white van that police had surrounded. Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna said earlier Sunday that law enforcement was dealing with a "barricaded suspect situation" in the Torrance neighborhood.
"Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China," said Hao Bingwen, one of the many emcees for the Mall of America celebration. "Like Christmas and Thanksgiving here, we miss our family down there. So that's why we want to share our culture."
The Lunar New Year is a time when many immigrants visit their home country. For those that don't leave, the Twin Cities has many New Year celebrations, this one, at the Mall of America.
Sunday marks the start of Lunar New Year, and celebrations include food, music, and dance.
Countries across Asia including China, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and more celebrate the event as well as many communities across the United States.
