Lunar New Year 2022: Tuesday 1st Feb

Red pocket ornaments in Vietnam, to represent and bring prosperity

Lunar New Year foods in Malaysia

Artists wearing costumes of Chinese ethnic groups perform during a celebration held for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Yangon, Myanmar, 2018

Name the Flags

These are some of the East and South East Asian (ESEA) countries that celebrate Lunar New Year. On the next few slides you will see their flags. Can you correctly name the country of each flag?

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Lunar New Year Customs

Bangkok, Thailand

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hong Kong

Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the New Year festive period (15 days with New Year’s Day being Day 1)

A ‘Prosperity Salad’ in Malaysia

‘Longevity noodles’. Noodles being long is meant to represent long life.

Food at Lunar New Year

Many dishes have symbolic significance

The Mandarin word for orange is ‘ju’ which is the same sound as the word ‘gathering’/ ’coming together’

Lunar New Year foods in Malaysia

The Mandarin word for fish is ‘yu’ which is the same sound as the word ‘wish’ and ‘abundance’

‘Nian Gao’ = New Year cake

TED-ED video telling the story of the Zodiac race : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk

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