Dragon and lion dancers from Li Qiang Wushu Group perform before students and faculty of Philippine Academy of Sakya at Sta Cruz, Manila Feb. 7, ahead of the celebration of the Feb. 10 Chinese New Year in the Lunar calendar.
Li Qiang Wushu dancers and several other groups have been busy making the rounds of Chinese business communities as early as mid-January for prosperity, happiness, and good luck as well as warding off negativities in life.
The government has declared Feb. 9 a non-working holiday for the Chinese New Year celebration in the country.
Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Update:
Writer and social activist Tessy Ang See sent us this note:
We don’t use kung hei fat choy (Cantonese) in the Philippines but Kiong Hee Huat Tsai (hokkien) because 90% of Tsinoys hailed from Fujian as their forefathers’ ancestral homes.. Only 10% here are Cantonese.
To be safe, use the national language, mandarin, Gong xi Fa Cai!! with that Kiong Hi Kiong Hi (happy greetings) hua tsai (grow prosperous).
