Malaysia:
Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country, most of them of Chinese descent, they also celebrate the Lunar New Year follow the lunar calendar like Vietnam or other Asian countries.
On the occasion of Lunar New Year, Malaysians will also clean their houses, in order to clean up the bad luck in the old year to welcome the good luck in the new year. They also like to decorate with red items, to bring good luck.
Their traditional New Year greetings are: gently touching their palms to the palms of the opposite person, meeting each other on the first day of the year, then holding hands and pressing them to the heart for a while. Older people greet first. However, the initiative to touch the woman's hand is very taboo in this country.
Lunar New Year is also a day of reunion and reunion, they also prepare trays to worship ancestors, give lucky money to young children and unmarried people. Visitors to the family will be welcomed by the host with delicious food and drinks, especially tangerines. The New Year's meal will include all family members and relatives, and many Chinese restaurants will serve family meals if they do not want to host them at home.
The official New Year holidays are only two days but festivals usually last until the full moon of January. There are also repertoires of singing and dancing, lion dance and lion dancing to welcome the new year extremely bustling and exciting.
Everyone will also participate in the brilliant Chap Goh Mei lantern festival to wish their families and loved ones a lot of good things for the new year.
Singapore:
As a country of more than half Chinese origin, Singapore's cultural orientation is heavily influenced by China. The Lunar New Year in Singapore takes place almost at the same time as Vietnam (January 1 of the lunar calendar).
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, people decorate their houses with the typical red color of Tet holiday and the animal-related image of the zodiac of each year to wait for the new year.
In these days, Singaporean trays have many traditional and meaningful dishes for the family, such as Yu Sheng salad, cakes, Bak Kwa dry meat, longevity noodles. In addition, there are many other attractive cakes such as pineapple tart, Red Date Cake, Wealth of Opportunities Cake, Nian Gao, talented seniors, red bean dumplings, rich fish cakes …
There are many festivals taking place throughout the month from the 1st of the lunar calendar until the middle of February. Highlights include the Lighthouse Festival, Singapore River Hongbao Festival and Chingay Street Festival.
Source: Internet
