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Lunar New Year Celebrations on Alohomora
The "Lunar New Year" is a broad term for new year celebrations based on lunar or lunisolar calendars. Multiple Lunar New Year celebrations in East Asia are based on the traditional Chinese calendar and include Xīnnián, or the Chinese New Year; Tết, or the Vietnamese Lunar New Year; and Seollal, or the Korean New Year, all of which are celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Many traditions are similar across these countries, such as the importance of ancestor worship, the dragon dance and the lion dance (with the latter known as the unicorn dance in Vietnam), and the giving and receiving of envelopes containing money. (These envelopes are red in Chinese and Vietnamese culture and white in Korean culture.) There is also plenty of food.
Here on Alohomora, we recognize that the magical community tends to do things with some more flair. Here's what your characters can expect as the Ministry of Magic, visiting diplomats, and community members mark the beginning of the Year of the Goat/Sheep:
Free Lunar New Year Street Festival
Friday, February 5, 2027 – Monday, February 8, 2027
12:00 PM (noon) – 12:00 AM (midnight) daily
Friday, February 5, 2027 – Monday, February 8, 2027
12:00 PM (noon) – 12:00 AM (midnight) daily
Location: Horizont Alley, London (Transportation for students attending foreign schools will be arranged via Portkey on Saturday and Sunday, based on interest.)
Activities:
- Food and beverage stalls featuring specialties for the Lunar New Year and other popular wizarding snacks
- Lunar New Year marketplace featuring goods to take home
- Calligraphy lessons (quills and ink to be provided)
- Children's activities
- Traditional dance performances from 6:00 PM (18:00) nightly (no real dragons, lions, or unicorns will be performing)
- Nightly fireworks displays at 9:00 PM (21:00) (sponsored by Dr Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks)
In addition, all festival attendees 17 or over will receive a voucher for a discount on a package holiday with Wildsmith Travel Agency.
For more on Lunar New Year celebrations in the Muggle world, you can visit the following links:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/happy-lunar-new-year
www.aalead.org/%EF%BB%BFthe-diversity-of-a-new-year-celebration/
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/how-do-people-celebrate-chinese-new-year
english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/ATR/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=941952
www.vietnam.travel/things-to-do/festival-event/tet-festival
international.blog.maynoothuniversity.ie/missing-vietnamese-tet-and-the-taste-of-home/
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/lunar-new-year-2021
en.vietnamplus.vn/unique-traditional-tet-customs-of-vietnam/195966.vnp
