Image: A New Year Lion Dance
A Universally Known Festival, the Gong
Hee Fa Chai, the Chinese New Year
(Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons under
the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)
A family occasion
Summer Solstice is barely felt. There are no seasonal changes as Malaysia is close to the Equator. The Chinese community did traditionally observe it before. Hank was called once when we had a rich Chinese towkay in the neighbourhood. Our Chinese friend gathered six of us boys one day and we had a noodles tuck-in among ourselves. Barely in our teens we were not aware of its significance. That’s the nearest I had to it.
Apparently, the December Solstice is a bigger event but confined
to the community. However, we had not seen it as a festival in recent years.
A family occasion
Barely seen lately
Frank's at d'Verse Haibun Monday 6-22-26: First Solstice
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