An aquarium hosted a special underwater lion dance show to celebrate the Chinese New Year.<br /><br />Staff at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand, donned red and golden silk clothes and diving equipment before plunging into the tank with large Chinese dragons.<br /><br />They then swam with the fish and sharks in a 'lion dance' show to welcome in the year of the rat. They will do the underwater performance every day until January 27.<br /><br />Zoo boss Narutat Charoensethasin also prepared red envelopes with gifts inside which he will hand out to visitors, many of whom are Chinese tourists.<br /><br />He said: "I wanted to welcome everyone to enjoy the show we prepared for the Chinese New Year event. We will also give out discount coupons as a gift for the festival."
