Date: 30 January 2012
Time: 7pm - 12midnight
Venue: Chew Jetty
The 8th day of Chinese New Year, also known as Thni Kong Seh (Jade Emperor God's birthday) is celebrated on a big scale by the Hokkien clan to commemorate their forefathers escape in ancient China. At the stroke of midnight, prayers are performed with much gaiety, offering food, fruits, liquor and sugarcane stalks to the Jade Emperor God.
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Date: January 23, 2013
Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar with each year ushering in a zodiac animal ruling sign. The 2012 is the year of the Dragon. Celebrations usually start on the eve when family members gather for a Reunion Dinner. This is followed by having an open house for family and friends to visit one another and give Ang Pows. Lion dances are also performed to welcome auspiciousness into the household and workplace.
KEK LOK SI display of lights
Date: During Chinese New Year
Venue: Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam
Literally translated as the Temple of Supreme Bliss in the Hokkien dialect, the Kek Lok Si Temple is a crowd puller and famous tourist attraction, especially during the Chinese New Year. Devotees from far and wide flock to this 120-year-old temple for an annual lighting ceremony. It is believed that this act of faith will bring them peace, luck and prosperity.
Chinese New Year is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar with each year ushering in a zodiac animal ruling sign. The 2012 is the year of the Dragon. Celebrations usually start on the eve when family members gather for a Reunion Dinner. This is followed by having an open house for family and friends to visit one another and give Ang Pows. Lion dances are also performed to welcome auspiciousness into the household and workplace.
KEK LOK SI display of lights
Date: During Chinese New Year
Venue: Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam
Literally translated as the Temple of Supreme Bliss in the Hokkien dialect, the Kek Lok Si Temple is a crowd puller and famous tourist attraction, especially during the Chinese New Year. Devotees from far and wide flock to this 120-year-old temple for an annual lighting ceremony. It is believed that this act of faith will bring them peace, luck and prosperity.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
PONGGAL - Harvest Festival
Date: 14 January 2012
Venue: Penang Waterfall Carpark
Ponggal, the Harvest Festival believed to have originated in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu some 5000 years ago, centres on the ritual of cooking rice and milk in a clay pot to symbolize the overflow of wealth and abundance. Celebrated over a period of 4 days, the festival which is steeped in ancient culture and tradition, also involves rituals of spiritual renewal, thanksgiving, worship and prayers for matriamonial blessings.
Venue: Penang Waterfall Carpark
Ponggal, the Harvest Festival believed to have originated in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu some 5000 years ago, centres on the ritual of cooking rice and milk in a clay pot to symbolize the overflow of wealth and abundance. Celebrated over a period of 4 days, the festival which is steeped in ancient culture and tradition, also involves rituals of spiritual renewal, thanksgiving, worship and prayers for matriamonial blessings.
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