No. 0064
Chinese celebrate their new year in Kolkata
[India News]: Kolkata, Feb 9 :
The small Chinese community in Kolkata on Wednesday celebrated their new year, this time the year being the year of the rooster. Chinese celebrate the New Year as a family affair, marking it as a time of reunion and thanksgiving, with the celebrations generally bordering on religious ceremony given in honour of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. The Chinese prayed at the Buddhist temple in the city's Tangra locality, and exchanged greetings and lit incense sticks and candles. The whole Tangra locality was decorated with balloons and Chinese lights. Friends and relatives visit each other houses. CC Woh, a Chinese living in the city said, that as rooster is famous for its courage and talent, people are expected to be more courageous. "This year is called the year of the Rooster. Actually the Rooster means courageous and talented. So we greet people to become more courageous for the coming year," he said. "We celebrate New Year by wishing each other. We burn crackers," said Youlanda, another Chinese. Residents as usual are looking forward to the various other programmes lined up for the day. "First thing is the dragon show. Then we go to our temple and we pray in the night at 1.30 a.m. Morning we pray in the house and new-year starts," said Derek. Traditionally, the Chinese New Year celebration starts with the first New Moon of the new-year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new-year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. (ANI)
Chinese celebrate their new year in Kolkata
[India News]: Kolkata, Feb 9 :
The small Chinese community in Kolkata on Wednesday celebrated their new year, this time the year being the year of the rooster. Chinese celebrate the New Year as a family affair, marking it as a time of reunion and thanksgiving, with the celebrations generally bordering on religious ceremony given in honour of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. The Chinese prayed at the Buddhist temple in the city's Tangra locality, and exchanged greetings and lit incense sticks and candles. The whole Tangra locality was decorated with balloons and Chinese lights. Friends and relatives visit each other houses. CC Woh, a Chinese living in the city said, that as rooster is famous for its courage and talent, people are expected to be more courageous. "This year is called the year of the Rooster. Actually the Rooster means courageous and talented. So we greet people to become more courageous for the coming year," he said. "We celebrate New Year by wishing each other. We burn crackers," said Youlanda, another Chinese. Residents as usual are looking forward to the various other programmes lined up for the day. "First thing is the dragon show. Then we go to our temple and we pray in the night at 1.30 a.m. Morning we pray in the house and new-year starts," said Derek. Traditionally, the Chinese New Year celebration starts with the first New Moon of the new-year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new-year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. (ANI)
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