[BCMA] Nanaimo Museum Press Release - Lunar New Year Celebration Jan 21

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

NANAIMO MUSEUM  

Media Release:   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Celebrate the Lunar New Year at Nanaimo Museum 

Join us at Nanaimo Museum as we celebrate the year of the Dragon, the
mightiest of the signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Lunar New Year
Celebrations will take place in the Nanaimo Museum, along with the
Nanaimo Chinese Cultural Society, and Vancouver Island Multicultural
Society on Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 1 to 3 pm.  

Celebrations for this annual event feature the stunning Chinese Lion
Dance at 1:10 and 2:50, as well as Chinese dancers and musicians, and
cultural games. There will be ongoing activities including:
Calligraphy, with your name written in Chinese characters; Mahjong, a
traditional Chinese game; children's activities (paper cutting), and
refreshments of Chinese tea and fortune cookies. Everyone is welcome and
admission is by donation. 

The Lunar New Year is traditionally a family time. For Chinese families,
the New Year lasts for 15 days starting with the second New Moon after
the winter solstice. As part of the celebrations a religious ceremony is
given in honour of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the
family ancestors. The Chinese community invites everyone to join in the
celebrations.

The Lunar calendar has a cycle of about 29.5 days with an extra month is
inserted once every few years (seven years out of a cycle of 19). This
is why the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.

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Media Contact

 

100 Museum Way, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5J8

TELEPHONE 250 753.1821

debbie at nanaimomuseum.ca <mailto:debbie at nanaimomuseum.ca> 

www.nanaimomuseum.ca <http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/> 

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