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Chinese New Year is celebrated
in a lot of countries,

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but today I'm going to
talk about how I celebrated

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back home in Malaysia.

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Malaysia is a
multicultural country

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with the three main races
being Malay, Chinese and Indian

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people.

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Because of that, Chinese New
Year is widely celebrated.

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There are a few things we do
to prepare for the upcoming

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new year.

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We give the house
a good cleaning

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to get rid of the
past year's bad luck

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and to make way
for the new year's

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good luck.

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We also decorate the
house with plenty

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of Chinese New Year decorations.

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On the Eve of
Chinese New year, we

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attend what we call the
reunion dinner. In my family,

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a lot of us live overseas,
so we always look forward

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to seeing family again
from all around the world.

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Dinner is always
hot pot and we all

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contribute to the menu bringing
meats, vegetables and whatever

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we feel like eating.

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On the first day
of the new year,

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we put on brand new
clothes, as new clothes

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symbolize a new start.

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We start out the day by paying
our respects to our ancestors

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at the temple.

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After that, we visit
family going from house

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to house where we
catch up with family

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and where married couples
give out red packets to children

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or any person who is single.

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As I mentioned at the
start of this video,

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this is a big festival that
is celebrated in Malaysia.

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It is a two day public
holiday and you can feel

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the festivities all around.

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I hope you've enjoyed this
short little video about how

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me and my family
celebrate Chinese New Year