Celebrating the Year of the Ox Around the World
Monday January 19, 2009
The Chinese new year of the Year of the Ox starts on January 26 and China Travel writer Sara Naumann has a roundup of Chinese new year celebrations around the world.In China, Sara says "firecrackers and bottle rockets will light the night sky and create a deafening noise into the wee hours. No one will be able to sleep for the noise, so we’ll head outside and join in the fun, being careful to stay out of the way of lit fireworks on the streets and corners."
Elsewhere celebrations will be as exciting, colorful and frenzied.
Join the world in welcoming the Year of the Ox. Gong xi fa cai. Photo: Chinese new year celebrant in Sydney © Larry Rivera, licensed to About.com, Inc
John Key’s fall of the stage sure made for exciting post Chinese new year celebration news!
For those not in the know, John Key is the Prime Minister of New Zealand and he suffered a fall as he was leaving the stage at a Chinese New Year event at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland.