A cohort of 53 ‘rats’ and 76 Year Five pupils form the outline of Mickey Mouse’s head to symbolise the arrival of the new year. Photos: GLENN GUAN and RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star
CHINESE New Year holds a special place in teacher Michael Rajoo’s heart.
“Celebrating Chinese New Year is not a matter of getting ang pow, but it is to treasure the importance of family and the beauty of a Chinese civilisation’s values about life, ” says the teacher from Catholic High School (CHS), Petaling Jaya.
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A cohort of 53 ‘rats’ and 76 Year Five pupils form the outline of Mickey Mouse’s head to symbolise the arrival of the new year. Photos: GLENN GUAN and RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star
(From left) Al Iqram Insia, Jia Qi and Mithllesh talk about how they will be celebrating the lunar new year.
A ring of colourful 3D rats crafted by students from SMJK Choong Hua, Bidor.
The God of Wealth blesses the crowd with wealth at Sunway University’s lunar new year event as (seated in the front row, from fifth left) Teo, Lee and Pua look on.
Catholic High School students kick off the celebrations with an energy-filled tang gu (Chinese drum) performance as their school mates watch in the background.
Lim (left) and Catholic High School senior assistant (administrative) Lau Yan Hong reward the lion dancers with ang pow.
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