Friday, March 16, 2012
Written by: Bill Adams
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The University of Iowa's Vietnamese Student Association throws a party celebrating the Lunar New Year with song, dance, and of course food and drink.

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A girl in a traditional Vietnamese dress (ao-yai) holds 2 cymbals that she is playing for the dragon dance (not pictured).
Cooked fish with their heads and scales intact lie in a serving dish with sauce and spices.
Four men wearing black pose mid-dance on stage with red Vietnamese draperies behind them.
A man and woman cuddled together at a table watch the action on stage, surrounded by friends.
A young man in a black button down shirt and red/black striped tie holds a young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese hat and ao-yai in his arms.
A line of young men and women all with their hands in the air on stage ready to bow.
Vietnamese pop star Nhu Loan with her right hand in the air holding 2 roses.