Chinese New Year fever 2011 by Sumantr
Me, my wife and Junior Deedat are one among million families in this world who celebrate three new years. Being a Muslim family we have Hijrah or New Year in Islam calendar, being international community we witness international New Year on 31 December and I support my wife to continue to keep a live a heritage of Chinese culture to celebrate Chinese New year. Chinese New year just right around the corner we begin to decorate our house with red decoration. CNY is one of the most significant festivals in the Chinese community; the Chinese New Year is celebrated throughout the world with equal fervor and enthusiasm. Traditions and age-old customary beliefs mark the celebration of this Chinese festival. Celebrations elsewhere in the world apart from China are also observed by the following of significant traditions. Celebrations include traditional dance and musical performances along with other cultural shows. The significant Chinese community observes Chinese New Year in Brunei like most of the countries in the world through the following of customs and rituals.
About Chinese New Year in Brunei
Celebrations of Chinese New Year in Brunei are observed with reference to the dates of the lunar calendar. The festival for the year 2011 is scheduled from February 3 to February 17. Celebrated by the Chinese community residing in Brunei, the festival continues for the entire period of two weeks. Signifying family reunion and homecoming, the festival is observed by exchanging gifts and greetings among close family members and relatives. A grand dinner on the Chinese New Year eve is a major highlight of the celebration. The dinner represents abundance, prosperity, and good luck for the year ahead.
Chinese New Year Traditions in Brunei
Traditions mark a significant part of the festival celebrated by the Chinese community of Brunei. Customary rituals like, house cleaning, offering money to the kids and using the color red throughout the celebration marks the traditional of the celebration. As per the Chinese belief, the color red signifies joy and represents truth, virtue, and sincerity while bringing in fortune and good luck to the household. Another customary traditions followed by the Chinese is offering red envelopes containing money to the kids, as they seek blessings form the elder members of the family. This symbolic gesture represents good luck and coming of wealth in the New Year. Cleaning of the house also forms a significant part of the customary following of traditions. Food is also highlighting as a symbol celebration we will cook Halal Chinese food only for this CNY…….
CNY fever will continue with CNY food we will cook………..
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