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EYE PAINTING CEREMONY AND DRAGON DANCE KICK OFF ON FEB. 9
A highlight of Chinese New Year celebrations, the dragon
dance, is said to bring good luck and prosperity for the new year. On Saturday,
Feb. 9, at 3:30 p.m., this ceremonial dragon dance will begin with an eye
painting ceremony at The Venetian porte cochere. The dragon dance will wind its
way through The Venetian lobby and casino before stopping in The Palazzo Waterfall
Atrium, then finding its way through The Palazzo casino, lobby, and ending at
The Palazzo porte cochere. This exciting event features firecrackers, and a
parade of dancers and drummers dressed in authentic clothing.
THE PALAZZO’S WATERFALL ATRIUM FEATURES MASSIVE ART
INSTALLATION
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To commemorate the Year of the Snake, the resort’s floral
and horticulture department worked with a team of 77 artists and artisans from
around the world, and consulted with a Feng Shui master, to produce the massive
animated art installation. This colossal
structure towers nearly 40 feet above The Waterfall & Atrium Gardens of The
Palazzo, and features a giant peach tree and animated snake.
“Chinese New Year is such a special event to our guests,
that constructing and designing something that’s not only authentic, but in
grand Las Vegas fashion was important,” said Dana Beatty, director of floral
and horticulture for The Venetian and The Palazzo. “We took into account
specifics to bring luck in 2013, such as length, color, and gender of the
snake, but made it a spectacle our guests will never forget.”
The art installation features Sophie Chow, a whimsical
blue snake twisted throughout a giant peach tree. She is 98-feet long, with
animated features including blinking eyes, a tongue that moves in and out, and
a head that moves side to side. Her face is intentionally juvenile to pay
tribute to the birth of a new year.
Sophie’s home is a giant peach tree that towers over the
atrium at 38-feet tall and 28-feet wide. There are 8,800 blossom vines on the
tree, adorned with approximately 193,600 flowers. Hung throughout the tree are
28 custom dancing lanterns. Also, traditional I Ching coins, representing an
abundance of wealth, sit amidst the snake and Lalique statues of The
Palazzo. According to the Feng Shui
master, it is recommended that guests walk clockwise around the tree and snake
display three times to bring blessings of Heaven, Earth, and Mankind upon them.
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The west garden is complete with rocks, plants, and
metals, representing earth elements and the east garden embodies water to
represent Yin and Yang, the ancient Chinese philosophy of polar opposites being
interconnected and interdependent.
The gardens and entrances to both resorts are adorned
with fresh bamboo, citrus trees, Coleus, maidenhair ferns, and peachy pink
Calandivas to accent the color of the feature tree. Suspended from the Atrium
ceilings are six-feet-tall hand-loomed brocade silk and jade gold and red
lanterns, which signify the lives of those around to always be bright.
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