Happy Lunar New Year - Taiwan Flash Mob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnAkbB-IYs&feature=youtu.be ^ | 02 Feb 2014 | YouTube

[Tainan]

This is from a YouTube posting of a Flash Mob in Taipei, Taiwan and a Lunar New Year Celebration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnAkbB-IYs&feature=youtu.be

[Tainan]

Enjoy

[Tainan]

Lunar New Year in Taipei Taiwan

[MeshugeMikey]

新年好 Gung Hay Fat Choy

[McGavin999]

That was really beautiful! To our friends in Taiwan, Happy New Year and may you always be free.

[basil]

Marvelous talent! It would have been nice to have English subtitles—but I loved it just the same.

When my husband was in the Air Force and stationed at Bolling AFB in DC, he was a member of the President’s Honor Guard.

We recently drove back to DC for a reunion of the Honor Guard guys.

Anyway, because of this, the very first “flash mob” I ever saw was the USAF band! I can’t help but wonder if their selection of music would be allowed today?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cKE8pyfcZc

[JimSEA]

Great!! Happy New Year!!

[Little Bill]

I never saw so many Senior NCOs in one spot in my life. Band leader a General?

[basil]

My husband found that quite “interesting” also….

What did you think of their musical selections?

[Little Bill]

The music was well done, I loved the Choir.

[Exit148]

Xie Xie, Tainan!

Gong xi! Gong xi wode FReeper peng youmen!

[jobim]

I experienced Chinese New year in Taiwan in 1977,78,79,and 80. Taiwan was magic for me, my Left Bank of the 1920s.

I'll share a little fun with Chinese language with my fellow Freepers. Chinese,
being tonal, means the same sound changes meaning depending upon the tone (there are 4 in Mandarin). We 20 somethings there studying Chinese hit upon the following:

If you say: "jiao tung bu fang bian" one way, it means: the traffic is heavy (ie inconvenient).
But if you alter the tones slightly, it becomes: if your foot hurts, don't put excrement on it.

I guess that perhaps mitigates Jimmy Carter's famous "lusting for the Pole" gaffe.