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\"2009One of the rites of early spring here is Dragon Day on the Cornell Campus. Every year, on the Friday before spring break, first year architecture students create and parade a dragon across campus, to be met by a phoenix constructed by engineering students.<\/p>\n

In the past, the dragon was ceremoniously burned on the Arts Quad. This year, in order to comply with environmental regulations limiting open burning to wood and agricultural wastes — the dragon was spared the pyre. Instead a wood and straw nest was offered up to the gods.<\/p>\n

I’m fond of Dragon Day not just because it’s a harbinger of spring, but because it gives the students a bit of a creative outlet mid-semester: According to the Cornell Chronicle<\/a>, “Dozens of costumed student revelers — in outfits including orange highway cones, the bunny from “Donnie Darko,” and a lithe reptilian figure in head-to-toe green Spandex” joined the parade.<\/p>\n

Wikiepedia has some great images of Dragon Days past<\/a>, going back to the ’20s. University Photo pulled together a video montage<\/a> that captures the spirit of this year’s event. Below are some screen captures from the Cornell.edu<\/a> website celebrating recent Dragon Days.<\/p>\n

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