Re: [Non-Sumo] Happy New Year

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

It's not just "Chinese". It's a new year in the lunar calendar.
It's Tet for Vietnamese community, celebrated on February 5, 6, and 7 this
year.
<http://www.web-holidays.com/lunar/links.htm>

Some annual events in Japan are based on the lunar calendar and it's
basically the same as Chinese or Vietnamese lunar calendars.

-Masumi


Jeffrey Anderson wrote:

> To those who celebrate the Chinese lunar new year, Xin Nian Kuia Le!  Gong
> Xi Fa Cai!  On Saturday it will start the year of the dragon.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Anderson
> Gaijingai - a gaijin who's a guy
> jeffand@regent.edu
>
>                         For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
>                         The saddest are these:
>                         It might have been. - John Greenleaf Whittier

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