Chinese New Year in the Philippines

Every Chinese New Year, the street in BInondo Manila Philippines, also known as the Chinatown in the Philippines is always filled with people just to experience the spirit of this celebration. Majority of the people wear red shirts because it signifies luck and fortune as new year begins. Chinese restaurants, groceries and bakeries are busy during this day just to accommodate the people. People would fall in line outside the stores and restaurants and took several minutes just to get inside.Chinese parades are everywhere showcasing the dragon dance . The main highlight of this event is that FIlipinos would buy Tikoy(Nian Gao).Tikoy is sticky. Household in the Philippines served tikoy by frying it. Unlike in China specifically in city in Chonqing, they served it mixing it with soup. Tikoy is a Chinese delicacy comes in different flavors such as plain white/brown ube and pandan. It is believed that giving tikoy to friends and families signifies tight bond with loved ones. Every country has their own tradition on how they celebrate Chinese New Year in China the most important holiday is Chinese New Year wherein they have one week holiday to spend this event with their loved ones. Majority of the people in China stayin a city just to work or study that's why they would return to their hometown. In the Philippines, people celebrate Chinese New Year but there is one day holiday just to experience the significance of the event. Since there are a lot of FIlipino- Chinese community that starts to evolve in the Philippines. By celebrating this event, it gives recognition to the importance of the event and it promotes harmonious relationship with the FIlipino- Chinese community. This is the video taken last February, 2015. I was not able to experience the Chinese New Year this year because I was busy that day. Since I have a lot of international friends who have asked me how we celebrate it in the PHilippines, I have decided to share it and upload it on you tube. Kindly give this video a thumbs up if you like this video. Might as well visit my channel and subscribe. Have a nice day ahead everyone. Thanks for dropping by on my blog even though it's been years since I last uploaded. 😀😘