Music, dancing and the smell of delicious foods from across Asia filled the air on Monday evening as the Asian American Student Association (AASA) rang in the Lunar New Year with a campus-wide festival. Their preparations culminated in an epic festival that welcomed hundreds of people to Lakeside Patio to usher in the year of the rabbit. “We have tents, a bunch of lights, great food, and amazing performers,” Mintra Putlek, a senior at UM and the president of AASA, said. “We try to mimic the conjunction of the actual celebrations which is what brings life to the event.”