Penang gears up for a month of Chinese New Year festivities
GEORGE TOWN: The state will experience a month of festivities this Chinese New Year as a slew of events and celebrations are held all over Penang.
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GEORGE TOWN: The state will experience a month of festivities this Chinese New Year as a slew of events and celebrations are held all over Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: It will be two weekends of colourful, traditional celebrations in Penang, but be prepared for the roads to be jammed.
GEORGE TOWN: Restaurants here are stocked up with yee sang meals for families to come together to celebrate “everyone’s birthday” this Saturday.Otherwise known as Ren Ri, the event is marked on the seventh day of Chinese New Year, a day that will see the appearance of three dishes traditionally associated with prosperity and abundance.
ADDING lustre to the festive lunar celebrations, the areas around King Street and Armenian Park in Penang are now decorated with bright, red lanterns to herald the coming of the Lunar New Year.
Guzheng musician Sara Heng will be performing a piece called 'The Conqueror' with Hands Percussion at the 'New Year, New Hope' online festival on Feb 12. Photo: The Star/Faihan Ghani Three virtual Chinese New Year festivals, featuring arts and culture community programmes, look set to add much-needed festive and traditional joy to homes across Malaysia amid the pandemic. The New Year, New Hope online festival, organised by the Selangor state government, will be streamed (free) on Friday (February 12) at 9pm via the Selangor Menteri Besar’s Mandarin Facebook page. The videos were mainly sh...