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Chinese dancers on a parade.

2008 is the Year of the Rat. To celebrate there will be a range of activities and performances on at the Arcadian on Sunday 10th February 2008.

From 12pm there will be a traditional dragon dance with firecrackers which no Chinese New Year celebration is complete without!

Further on into the afternoon there will some singing, acrobatic performances, Kung Fu demonstrations and much more to keep the family entertained.

The event is completely free and the celebrations will continue going up until 5pm.

Members of the Pak Ming Cantonese Opera

The Year of the Rat

This is the first sign of the Chinese zodiac and those born under it are leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking.

Famous Rats include - Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Samuel L Jackson , Winston Churchill, President George Washington and William Shakespeare.

For more information on the Chinese New Year celebrations, contact the Arcadian Centre on 0121 622 5348.

Dragons in Birmingham city centre

If you're a Rat, you were born in between one of the following dates:

02/19/1996 - 02/06/1997     02/02/1984 - 02/19/1985    02/15/1972 - 02/02/1973   01/28/1960 - 02/14/1961     02/10/1948 - 01/28/1949    01/24/1936 - 02/10/1937     02/05/1924 - 01/24/1925     02/18/1912 - 02/05/1913

01/31/1900 - 02/18/1901