Chinese New Year, a festival celebrated with all Chinese around the world.
In Malaysia, we celebrate this joyful event with everyone, including our Malay and Indian friends. It is a special and gleeful occassion as it marks the new year for the lunar calendar of the Chinese, also, resemblance a good year ahead for businesses to prosper. Therefore, though Malaysia is a multi-racial country, we still view this holiday season to be the biggest event that mark our annual calendar.
Lion Dance to bring in prosperity and good wealthI myself am celebrating this year's Chinese New Year (29 Jan 06 - 12 Feb 06) with my relatives back in my parents' hometown at Pahang. I am looking forward to some delicious dishes that will be put onto our table during the annual reunion dinner.
The reunion dinner is special. Sons and daughters from outstation and overseas will try to come back home just to reunite and rekinder the relationship with the family on this particular day.
Members of the family will be celebrating the happy occasion together on the first day of Chinese New Year, wearing new clothes and good wishes are exchanged, and hope for everyone's good health and prosperity. Everyone will be in good mood and I believe this good feeling will snowball throughout the fifteen days of the celebration.
Chinese New Year, a joyful moment to be celebrated with the people you loved most.
Wishing all of you,
Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Holidays!