KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The Chinese New Year (CNY) is being celebrated on a big scale like the ‘old normal’ across the country, finally ending two years of modest festivities...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The Chinese New Year is being celebrated on a big scale like the ‘old normal’ across the country, finally ending two years of modest festivities in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Kelantan, a drizzle did not stop more than 50 residents to flock to Swee Nyet Keung Temple in Gua Musang for prayers. Tan Eng Ming, 46, said he came to perform the prayer ceremony with 15 members of his family who arrived from Sabah yesterday, for a family reunion dinner on New Year’s eve at Taman Wira Mergong.
In Perak the Ling Sen Tong Temple, in Ipoh, welcomed devotees as early as 7 am to perform prayer rituals in conjunction with the Chinese New Year. The event organised by the Johor Bahru Chinese Federation was enlivened with a thunderous performance of drumming, Chinese community dance, calligraphy and wushu while guests mingled and gathered at round tables to toss Yee Sang for good luck.Its president Hong Shaw Lim told Bernama that it has become an annual tradition for Buddhists to pray at the temple during Chinese New Year with the flow of devotees beginning from 8 am.
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