Discovery museum workshop teaches Utah kids how other cultures ring in the new year
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Lucy Bagley, 4, shoots colored paint out of a squirt gun at the Discovery Gateway, during their New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. In Myanmar they celebrate the new year with a water festival. Monday, January 1, 2018.
| Jan. 2, 2018, 12:29 a.m.
| Updated: 2:17 a.m.
Children celebrated the new year with a special event at the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum on Monday.
The workshop explored the ways in which some cultures acknowledge the new year, including those in Romania, Iran and Myanmar.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lizzie Campbell, 5, works on crepe paper fire, at the Discovery Gateway, during their New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. In Iran they celebrate their new year buy building bon fires and jumping over them. Monday, January 1, 2018.
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Lauren Bagley, helps her 2-year-old daughter Charle cut out a mask at the Discovery Gateway, during their New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. Monday, January 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Lucy Bagley, 4, shoots colored paint out of a squirt gun at the Discovery Gateway, during their New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. In Myanmar they celebrate the new year with a water festival. Monday, January 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Donna Bushman helps Alex Bushman, 6, try on the bear mask he made at the Discovery Gateway, New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. In Romania they celebrate the new year with a dance called "Dance of the Bear". Monday, January 1, 2018.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alex Bushman, 6, cuts out a bear mask at the Discovery Gateway, New Years Day celebration of cultural traditions from around the world including Romania, Iran, and Myanmar. In Romania they celebrate the new year with a dance called "Dance of the Bear". Monday, January 1, 2018.
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