Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum hosted its annual Lunar New Year Festival on Jan. 25. It featured performances by the Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe, one of the only all-women lion and dragon dance groups in the country; their drummers; and the group’s Cubs, dancers aged 6 to 9.

Photos copyright 2020 Greg Cook.


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Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe drummers performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe drummers performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe's Cubs performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)
Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion Dance Troupe’s Cubs performed at the Lunar New Year Festival at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum, Jan. 25, 2020. (Greg Cook)