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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The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring . The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. It’s origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian‚ now chinese for year‚ was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that could
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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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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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CHINEESE NEW YEAR Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day 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. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few
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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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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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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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Mr. Jay Mercurio BEED Representative Mr. Charlie Mose ACS Representative Resolution No. 4 Series of 2012 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE RMTU ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE THE SUPREME GOVERNMENT STA. CRUZ CAMPUS (SSG-SC) FUND COLLECTED FROM THE STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER 2012-2013. WHEREAS: the RMTU Administration is requested to release the SSG fees collected for the 1st Semester of the Academic Year of 2012-2013 WHEREAS: the SSG fund of P 30.00 was collected from each student upon
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[TYPE THE COMPANY NAME] The New Year’s Eve Crisis [Type the document subtitle] Submitted to Submitted by [Type the author name] LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To Mr. Mike Valenti‚ Michael’s Homestyle Pasta‚ Connecticut. Subject: Report for action to be taken in the wake of salmonella contamination Based on the request of MHP‚ a report on the way forward to deal with salmonella contaminated pasta shells has been prepared. It contains analysis of the current situation‚ options available‚ their
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