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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Chinese New Year http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/lunar-new-year-celebrations-begin-china 1. How many people celebrate Chinese New Year? 2. Why is the Lion dance danced? 3. How do Chinese people celebrate the festival? 4. What animal is going to be a symbol of this year? 5. According to the Chinese horoscope what kind of children are born this year? Summarize the information about Chinese New Year. Find the information about: 2. When is Chinese New Year celebrated
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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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celebrate a very important holiday which is the Vietnamese New Year. In my speech today‚ I will inform all of you how the Vietnamese New Year came into being‚ the tradition rituals‚ and how we celebrate the New Year. Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for over decades. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year‚ which we call Tet‚ have many similarities. It was told that thousand of years ago in a small village of China‚ there was a monster who
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LUNAR NEW YEAR IN VIETNAM [pic] Lunar New Year which is known as “Tet” is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It often begins on late January and ends on early February . It’s a special time for people to relax‚ forget all about the troubles‚ hope for a better new year and spend time together with their family and their friends after a hard working year. GET READY! [pic] Two weeks before the New Year’s Eve‚ family members try to come back to
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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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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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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The new year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar‚ which usually falls in February‚ and the festivities continue for 15 days. At Chinese New Year celebrations‚ people wear red clothes‚ give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire‚ which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other’s homes for extravagant
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Bengali New Year is the first day of the Bengali calendar‚ celebrated in both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal‚ and also in Bengali communities in the other Indian states. It is celebrated on 14th April in Bangladesh and on 15th April in West Bengal. The traditional greeting for Bengali New Year is "Shubho Noboborsho". There is a noticeable difference in the nature and essence between the Bengali New Year and English New Year. While the English New Year’s day is also comprehensively
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`The Hmong New Year is a cultural celebration that occurs annually‚ in the months of November and December‚ in areas where large Hmong population exists. In this speech‚ I am going to share the three main components that make up the celebration of Hmong New Year‚ such as the culture of the food‚ tradition clothes‚ and the activities that are involved. I. There are several activities that are involved at Hmong New Years. A. The game of love "Pov pob‚" or ball toss‚ involves lines or groups of men
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