On Cityline we’ll occasionally feature Hartford photographs from the Courant’s staff. Cloe Poisson took this picture and others during the Karen New Year celebration at Hartford Public Library on Sunday. Many Karen refugees have settled in the Asylum Hill neighborhood and work hard to maintain their traditions.
Junar Mue, 17, sings a song about the Karen New Year during a celebration at the Hartford Public Library Sunday. Mue is part of a community of Karen refugees living in Hartford who fled their homeland in Burma, or Myanmar, to escape the military regime. Photo by CLOE POISSON.
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