Chinese New Year on February 5
By relcap23
@florelway (23339)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
January 27, 2019 12:50am CST
Our culture is a mixed up of both the East and the West. The West brought Christianity to an existing Chinese and Muslim inhabitants. Some Filipinos especially those with Chinese forebears celebrate both the usual New Year on January 1 and the Chinese New Year which has no specific date but this year will fall on February 5.
A very popular tradition during the Chinese New Year is the dragon dance and to have a Tikoy ( Steamed cake made of Glutinous rice and sugar). This symbolizes harmony and sweetness of the family and they eat these at the eve of the Chinese New Year.
Do you have another day of New year? what is your tradition.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
I am curious about this Indian New Year.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Jan 19
Happy Chinese New Year! That Tikoy sounds delicious. I just have the one Jan. 1 New Year myself
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Jan 19
@florelway Oh that's nice! Chinese looks like difficult language
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 Jan 19
@FayeHazel very difficult language indeed. I cannot learn even if I try.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
kung hei fat choy is the Chinese Greeting, and even us Non Chinese we greet them also
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
@youless wish you good. Kung hei fat choy
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
So with the Chinese Community here in the Philippines. It's a big and festive event.
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@sofssu (23660)
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27 Jan 19
@florelway Oh so you don't celebrate but follow their traditions.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
@sofssu yes because I do not belong to the Chinese Community.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
It's actually the Chinese community who celebrates it but we also do some of their traditions like eating tikoy and wearing red on the day.
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@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
29 Jan 19
@florelway and it maybe a lot of free tikoy, yum!
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
I also buy now unlike when we were still in Manila. My bosses were Chinese and boxes of Tikoy are delivered to our office.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 Jan 19
@Lucky15 yes yes so, I love it both eaten as is or have it dipped in egg then fry.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
27 Jan 19
We have one according to Hindu calendar
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
That's interesting maybe you can share a little on how you celebrate it. I am not aware of the Hindu Calendar.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
27 Jan 19
@florelway I will make search more details and then tell you
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
Just heard of that, very interesting, new year in August I hope you can share some stories here one of these days.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
27 Jan 19
It is also Winter holiday now in China so they have a long holiday and plenty are on vacation.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
27 Jan 19
@florelway it's very cold there now, i know because I teach conversational English part time to Northerners. " Tsinoys" or Filipino Chinese are mostly from the South so we are very familiar only mostly with Southern Chinese ( Guangdong and Fujian provinces) culture. Northern Chinese new year food is dumplings not " tikoy" or sticky rice cake because in the past rice is scarce in the North because of the climate.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
@louievill thanks for sharing this. I just new of this thing now, so do you also prepare dumplings on New Year? My Chinese boss used to give Tikoy only to his friends.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
So this is how some Tsinoys in the country are doing? Would you prefer celebrating Chinese New Year in China?
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@rebelann (117273)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 19
Well, I hope it works for you @florelway
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
@rebelann, I am also fascinated with it. Every morning I listen to it, actually they just serve as guides to daily activities. If it says my star is unlucky on that day I try my best not to get into trouble.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
@rebelann it works sometimes
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@wolfgirl569 (136008)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jan 19
We only celebrate Jan. first. But I know of Chinese New Year
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jan 19
That is how it is generally.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jan 19
It's very popular because they practice many traditions and beliefs and they perform many rites.
