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Celebrating Chinese New Year in a Modern World

Florence Kuek, Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya

27-Jan-25 18:00

Celebrating Chinese New Year in a Modern World

Excitement is kicking in as we approach Chinese New Year. Families are preparing to return to their hometowns, clean their houses, pack Ang Pows, and gear up for reunion dinners. This celebration remains a time to reconnect with family and friends, to usher out the old year and bring in the luck of the new one. While many traditions have endured, some practices have evolved to fit modern times. So we delve into this with Florence Kuek, and talk about how these traditions continue to shape and adapt to contemporary lifestyles.

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Produced by: Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn


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