Eastvale stages first Lantern Festival with dances, music, food

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Eastvale celebrated its inaugural Lantern Festival on Saturday, Feb. 19, with a Lion and Dragon Dance, other cultural activities, food, music, and an opening ceremony that featured local dignitaries.

  • The ECAA Lion Dancers perform the Dragon dance to start the first-ever Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Cassius Denmark, 2, smiles as he finishes a bounce-house obstacle course in the family fun zone at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Kim Nguyen, of Corona, watches the ECAA Folk Dance Club perform during the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • A dancer from the ECAA Folk Dance Club uses a scarf to cover her face as the club waits to perform at the first-ever Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Children hold onto a woman’s clothes as they walk through the food court during the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Visitors enjoy food during the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Members of Shabana Bellydance Company perform at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Volunteer Crystal Yang relaxes in a big chair as she tends to a bounce-house obstacle course at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Traditional Chinese foods are cooked at the first-ever Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Vendors prepare food at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Hundreds enjoy the dancing of Expressions from Valverde School of Performing Arts at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Some of the hundreds attending the Lantern Festival in Eastvale record the performances Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Members of the ECAA Folk Dance Club laugh and chat after their fan dance at the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • The ECAA Lion Dancers perform the Dragon dance to start the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • The ECAA Folk Dance Club perform a fan dance during the Lantern Festival in Eastvale on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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The event is set to continue Sunday, Feb. 20, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., at 13200 Citrus St., said Eric Luan, co-founder of Panana Events, which is staging the festival along with the city and the Eastvale Chinese American Association.

“We’re always looking for diverse, inclusive events that we can bring to the city,” said Marc Donohue, Eastvale’s city clerk and communications director. “We have a large Asian population in Eastvale, so it seemed appropriate to bring this event.”

The festival also includes inflatable jumpers, obstacle courses and rock walls.

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