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Posted on 24/02/07 21:04:16 |
Monaro Doorslammer
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Chinese New Year
Found it to be one of those ironic things in life to see the photos of Chinese New Year in Perth. Today at 3:30pm there was the celebration at our workplace, as the owner is Chinese himself. So the martial arts/ceremonial liberally-interpreted 'dragons/lions' (I wouldn't know what they were  ) performed the ritual of blessing our workplace to rid away the bad luck spirits for the year. (How I'm still employed then, I don't know either  )
All very interesting, but did they perform the bending of steel using their neck? I'm not sure what good that does to luck, personally...  _________________ 
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Posted on 25/02/07 22:00:43 |
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richard
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Re: Chinese New Year
apparently you hould have fed the draons oranges (symbolic of gold) to receive your good luck!!!! I'm still not 100% on the whole thing, there are lots of traditions, and lots of contradictions to the traditions, and as you move from person to person, there seems to be many interppretations ....  _________________  |
Posted on 25/02/07 22:20:07 |
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Monaro Doorslammer
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Still, it was all very good to see how different viewpoints of tradition are performed by all in the world...  _________________ 
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Posted on 01/03/07 10:58:22 |
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richard
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Re: Chinese New Year
Yes, true! In Asia they celebrate the New Year for 15 days and it's a large festival with lots happening; we may go to Malaysia next year to join in ... _________________  |
Posted on 17/05/07 08:19:58 |
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nathan9492
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Re: Chinese New Year
Over in thailand they have a massive waterfight, with water bomb and water pistols and all of that in the streets!!!, everyone joins in and its soo fun, until the Cross dressers come out  |
Posted on 17/05/07 08:52:42 |
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richard
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Re: Chinese New Year
yep, I've heard about that - but I think the "water festival" is different to Chinese New Year ... although it may happen on the same day in some years: http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/thailand/songkron-festival.htm _________________ |
Posted on 17/05/07 15:25:04 |
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nathan9492
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Re: Chinese New Year
It happens sometime in April |
Posted on 17/05/07 15:53:49 |
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richard
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Re: Chinese New Year
Yep, CNY is a different day each year: February 19, 1996 February 7, 1997 January 28, 1998 February 16, 1999 February 5, 2000 January 24, 2001 February 12, 2002 February 1, 2003 January 22, 2004 February 9, 2005 January 29, 2006 February 18, 2007 February 7, 2008 January 26, 2009 February 14, 2010 February 3, 2011 January 23, 2012 February 10, 2013 January 31, 2014 February 19, 2015 February 8, 2016 January 28, 2017 February 16, 2018 February 5, 2019  _________________ |