Cork Chinese New Year Festival @ Nano Nagle Place Cork Ireland
Cork Chinese New Year Festival 2019
1000-Light & An Tai Sui Dharma Rites & A Traditional Chinese Lion & Dragon Dance
For an Auspicious & Prosperous Year:
A traditional Chinese Buddhist Ritual Open to All, you do not have to be a Buddhist to attend…..It is to bring Good Luck to Everyone…to all sentient beings
Cork Chinese Esoteric Temple & Dari Rulai Temple Los Angeles co-ordinate in offering this Dharma Rite each year on Chinese New Year’s Eve for the benefit of All Sentient Beings. We invite those who attend the ceremony in person to offer one or more of the 1000 lights for themselves and loved ones, and wish for good luck to help make the forthcoming year a great year!
Everyone in the audience is invited to light candles for their intentions
What Lion Dances Symbolize
In Chinese culture, the lion symbolizes power, wisdom, and superiority. People perform lion dances at Chinese festivals or big occasions to bring good fortune and chase away evil spirits.
The lion dance is one of the most important traditions at Chinese New Year. It is performed to bring prosperity and good luck for the upcoming year. The lion dance is also a way to create a festive atmosphere and bring happiness.
Performed in a lion costume, accompanied by the music of beating drums, clashing cymbals, and resounding gongs, lion dances imitate a lion’s various movements or demonstrate martial arts agility, depending on the style.
The dragon dance has been indispensable to Chinese festivals since ancient times. With the spread of Chinese people and culture all over the world, the dragon dance has been brought to every corner of the world where there are overseas Chinese gathered. It has become a symbol of Chinese culture.
What Does A Dragon Symbolize?
Dragon is a symbol of China, and is an important part of Chinese culture. Chinese dragons symbolize wisdom, power and wealth, and they are believed to bring good luck to people.
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Nano Nagle Place - Development Plan Launch
Footage and Interviews from the launch of the Development Plan of Nano Nagle Place in Cork on 21 February 2014.
Plans were given the go-ahead for development in early 2015.
Further information on the development is available here:
Cork Discovers at Nano Nagle Place
Nano Nagle Place fly through
A glimpse of Cork's heritage oasis, Nano Nagle Place. Experience the uplifting story of Nano Nagle in our heritage exhibition, find tranquillity in our beautiful gardens, eat delicious, local, sustainable food at Good Day Deli. The regenerated spaces in our 18th century convents and 1920s school will make an ideal location for your conference, incentive or meeting. See for more details.
Heritage house- Nano Nagle- Cork-IRELAND
This is a video of our stay in the heritage house of Nano Nagle , Cork, Ireland. .Gita and Fatima visited Ireland on a partnership program between Sacred heart Chennai and North Presentation school Cork. God bless this house and all the lovely people who stay in it
Nano Nagle Place
Recently opened to the public. A fantastic, well done heritage centre with a beautiful peaceful garden in the middle to the city.
Nano Nagle Place in Cork City, Ireland.
Heritage House -Nano Nagle -Cork-Ireland
continuation of the wonderful Heritage house of our beloved foundress- Nano Nagle
June 2009 - Ireland - Nano Nagle Center - Cork
Nano Nagle Opening Ceremony 18 December 2017
The official launch of Nano Nagle Place featuring blessings by the three Bishops of Cork and speeches by Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Tony Fitzgerald, former President of Ireland Dr Mary McAleese, Congregational Leader of the Presentation Sisters Union Sr Mary Deane and Chairman of the Nano Nagle Place Board Jim Corr.
June 2009 - Ireland - Nano Nagle Center - Cork
Nano Nagle Play
5th Class, Presentation Girls' School, Maynooth, perform their annual Nano Nagle play.
Nano Nagle
A short Nano Nagle slideshow video.
June 2009 - Ireland - Nano Nagle Center - Cork
An Introduction to Nano Nagle and her Work
A video introducing the inspiring story of Nano Nagle, a woman who saw injustice and sought to change things.
June 2009 - Ireland - Nano Nagle Center - Cork
Voices on the Cork Streets at Christmas
I walk down Patrick St a few days before Xmas, and talk to those waiting in the doorways - and listen to their plans for the Festive Season
Venerable Mother Nano Nagle
The life of Venerable Mother Nano Nagle.
Presentation Convent Cork 23 Oct 2018
Trip to several Presentation Convents in Cork City.
North and South Presentation and more
Founder of the Presentation Sisters, Venerable Nano Nagle set up her first school in Cork, Ireland, in 1754 and founded the Congregation on Christmas Eve in 1775. Presentation Sisters have maintained a continuous presence in Cork city since the founding of the Congregation over 240 years ago.
From Cork many new missions were established, the first was in Killarney in 1793 and this was followed by many others in Ireland and overseas.
Concert Nano Nagle Place 22 06 2019
Bella Italia! with Finnish Early Music Specialists Helmi Consort! European Premiere of Bella Italia!