All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region.
Co-founded by friends who grew up watching kung fu movies, a Northern Virginia lion dance team is keeping Chinese and Vietnamese cultural traditions alive — one loud, energetic performance at a time.
Andy Huynh, who grew up in Alexandria, is one of the co-founders of the Hung Vuong Lion Dance Team, a group that traces its roots back to a Vietnamese-American Boy Scout troop. Huynh said the troop was led by refugees from the Vietnam War era, who wanted to preserve the traditions and culture, here in the United States…