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| Joss Incense Sticks |
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| 100 meter Prosperity Salad |
A quarter of the Malaysian population is of Chinese descent.
Needless to say, Chinese New Year is always
a big deal.
We have seen some nice
celebrations while we have been here and this year was no different.
The entire Spring Celebration takes over 2
weeks.
The area
where we are (Sitiawan) is kind of rural and small town so public CNY events
are not super huge but they do a good job.
This year
there were Giant Joss Sticks that were lit at midnight New Years Eve.
They finally burned out a day later.
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| The higher the toss, the better |
There was
fire dancing at night on the floating pavilion at the Marina Island Hotel.
Tossing of
the Prosperity Salad (Yusheng), Lion Dances, and fireworks were also done by
the ferry terminal to Pangkor Island.
Tossing
the Prosperity Salad supposedly brings luck and wealth to the tossers and the
higher you toss, the more luck and wealth.
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| Fire Dancing on the floating pavillion |
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| Drummers at Marina Island |
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| Dancing Lions, |
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| Remnants of the Prosperity Tossed Salad |
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| Smoldering Joss Sticks. Almost finished |
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