New Year's Festival
Ngoc-Anh (Annie) Ho from Vietnam
New Year's Day, the start of the new year is the beginning of 10 days of celebration. There are 3 main days that we celebrate. On these days, everyone has to come back to their family if they have gone out of town.
On the first day at 12 midnight, the grandmother or mother in each family has to light firecrackers to receive and welcome the New Year. Then, we go to sleep to wait for the sun to rise. When the sun rises, we wake up and put on new clothes. Then, our grandparents sit on a chair in front of our parents to wish them a happy new year and a long life. Then, our parents sit on the chair to wish us a happy new year and logevity. We keep this custom year after year.
On the second day, the students visit their teachers. They wish their teachers a happy new year and present something to them.
On the third day, friends meet together. They wish each other a happy new year. Then they have a party or go somewhere.
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