Lunar New Year festival

A girl greets a performer in a dragon costume at the Lunar New Year festival Jan. 14, 2023. ZOEY MARAIST | CATHOLIC HERALD

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The Tet Grand Festival was already the largest Lunar New Year celebration in Northern Virginia and this year it has tripled in size. This two-day indoor festival features a cultural immersion of Vietnamese lion and dragon dances, traditional music, martial arts demonstrations, and a variety of Asian cuisine.

The Jan. 20-21 festival at the Dulles Expo Center is organized by Our Lady of La Vang Mission to raise funds to build their own church. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge will celebrate Mass at the Expo Center at 10:00 a.m.

Our Lady of La Vang is a mission of Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Church in Arlington and currently meets for Mass at St. Veronica Church in Chantilly. 

If you go

The festival will be held Jan. 20-21 ,10 a.m.-10 p.m. at the Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center in Chantilly. For tickets, go to bit.ly/3TFYrtE.

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