For other traditions of celebrating lunar new year‚ see Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year Lion dancers at Historic Chinatown Gate‚ Chinese New Year‚ Hing Hay Park‚ Seattle‚ Washington (February 3‚ 2011) Also called Lunar New Year‚ Spring Festival‚ New Year Observed by Chinese communities worldwide[1] Type Cultural‚ Religious (Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ Confucian) Significance The first day of the Chinese calendar (lunisolar calendar) 2012 date Monday‚ January 23‚ Dragon 2013 date Sunday‚ February
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Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. It is often referred to as the spring festival because it signals the beginning of spring. It is a time when families and friends get together to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It originally lasted for 15 days‚ but now only lasts for 5 to 7 days. The exact origin of this Chinese New Year holiday is too old to be traced‚ but many explanations still exist. One idea is that the holiday originated when a beast named
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are: The Chinese New Year and The Chinese Moon Festival. They are also the most important and economic holiday for the Surinamese Chinese and also worldwide for the Chinese people. These holidays are not nationally in Suriname as yet. This is not only celebrated by the Chinese but also celebrated by the non-Chinese people. These Chinese holidays are to bring family members together for feasting and share happiness. They come together to enjoy their food on both Chinese New Year and The Chinese Moon
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(Shitsuke) with his STORE to give his department a major facelift and makeover to improve the utilization of space‚ equipment and labour‚ and better accessibility and protection of the materials. According to Sugumar‚ the 5S program was not a once-a-year spring cleaning exercise but a “continuous improvements” endeavour to lay the platform to cultivate team spirit‚ discipline‚ productivity‚ commitment and responsibility. One of the main beneficiaries of the complete makeover is the Maintenance personnel
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Please have your seats. Ladies and gentlemen‚ tonight‚ I am honored to be the 2nd invocator in the year 2012 but the 1st invocator in the year of Dragon! Chinese New Year ushering in new hope for those who celebrating it‚ as we are turning a new leaf in our lives during New Year‚ in a sense‚ we are reborn. Thus‚ Chinese New Year is to celebrate the passing of the old and the coming of the new! Before the festival‚ the families start cleaning up their houses‚ washing and wiping every corner of the
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NEW YEAR‚ NEW ME: IS IT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR ALREADY! As the new year approaches‚ almost all of us begin to be as reflective as possible by listing out things we’re going to do to make 2015 the best year ever. Regardless of the high hopes and best of our intentions‚ hardly any of us will make it through the first month. Well‚ that’s how it has been for past so many years‚ hasn’t it? Here is another fact: When some self help guru or endless text on the World Wide Web tells you that you can make or
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Descriptive Essay: Khmer New Year’s Day Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the New Year. The holiday lasts for three days beginning on New Year’s Day‚ which usually falls on April 13 or 14th‚ which is the end of the harvesting season‚ when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor before the rainy season begins. People prepare new clothes‚ food and drinks for whole festival days. They also repair
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Unfortunately those beliefs have been passed down many generations later. However‚ Feminist hermeneutics challenges these patriarchal views of women through an analysis of the world behind‚ of and in front of the text. For instance‚ the portrayal of Eve in the New Testament can be challenged by applying a feminist hermeneutical approach.
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New Year’s Eve Celebration Marking the last day of the year‚ New Year’s Eve is one of the largest celebrations around the world. It is a holiday to welcome a brand new year with your friends and families‚ a time to distress and unwind your mind. Since New Year’s Eve is just around the corner‚ it is never too early to start planning for the 2014 New Year Countdown. There are endless choices and if you are unsure of what to do on New Year’s Eve‚ here are some ideas to get you going. The biggest
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Aixuan Li 03/29/2012 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is known as "Spring Festival." People celebrate this day by enjoy the Dragon dances‚ Lion dances‚ fireworks‚ family gathering‚ family meal‚ visiting friends and relatives ‚ giving red envelopes‚ and decorating with duilian(usually represented as two lines of poems that match together to wish people good luck and was hung on the wall of the front
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