Christmas isle big on Chinese New Year

By Lynn Gail
Updated July 6 2021 - 9:41am, first published 7:30am
FIERY PERFORMANCE: The red lion, Lord Guan - God of War, wards off evil spirits during Chinese New Year celebrations on Christmas Island.
FIERY PERFORMANCE: The red lion, Lord Guan - God of War, wards off evil spirits during Chinese New Year celebrations on Christmas Island.

"IT's one of the most astonishing and wonderful sights," Sir David Attenborough once crooned when talking about Christmas Island's annual red crab migration. But there's another equally spectacular event when the tiny volcanic rock is dressed and draped in a dusting of fire-engine red.

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