I call it a FESTIVAL!

 

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There are all kinds of festivals in Malaysia from different types of races. What is a festival? Festival is known as a period for certain religions to celebrate an event or ceremonies. Let’s talk about the Chinese culture. The Chinese celebrates Chinese New Year, as it is the biggest festivals for the Chinese every year.

During Chinese New Year, the town will be very quiet due to everyone go back to their hometown to celebrate the festival. I myself got no hometown because my grandparents live in the city, therefore I’d never experience before celebrating a festival in those village area. Well, celebrating festivals in a city or in a village isn’t an issue though. The most important part is everyone of the family are together during the festival. Everyone is full of excitement, joy and fun.

Chinese New Year of this year is really a fun festival to me and my family. Relatives came over to my crib to celebrate the festival. Chao happens. It was really fun and warm when relatives gather together, chilling, talking and laughing together. Chinese New Year is always a best festival for Chinese, especially the kids. Kids do enjoy Chinese New Year much because they will receive red packets containing money from their parents and relatives. Reunion dinner is also very important to a Chinese family. A reunion dinner brings the meaning of every single individual of the family gather together to have a family dinner. The Chinese is always concern about the reunion dinner especially those elderly.

Normally before the festival, everyone will be busy decorating and cleaning their house with all sorts of decoration. Some will paste those Chinese scroll with words. Those women will be busy buying varieties of cookies, not to forget mandarin oranges, to celebrate the festival. Kids enjoy playing fire works before and also during the festival period.

This year’s Chinese New Year, I really did enjoy. Went over to relatives house to visit them, getting red packets from my aunties and uncles. The best part of visiting others’ house is we can try all sorts of cookies.

Lastly, celebrating festivals with family members is always a fun thing to do. We should appreciate those times being together with our family members as we know time pass in a blink of an eye. How many years can we be with our family members if we don’t appreciate it?