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- Title:
- Hokkien New Year (Thni Kong Seh)
- When:
- 21.02.2010 - 21.02.2010 19.00 h - 22.00 h
- Where:
- Chew Jetty, George Town, Penang - George Town
- Category:
- events 2010
Description
Hokkien New Year
Thni Kong Seh (Jade Emperor God’s birthday)
Date: 21st February 2009
Time: 8pm to midnight
Location: Chew Jetty, George Town, Penang
Organizer: Chew Jetty Committee
Tel: 012-4126809
Hokkien New Year is celebrated widely in Penang.
The Hokkien community in Chew Jetty is celebrating this year's Thni Kong Seh in a grand scale. Over 70 long tables of food and fruits, big bottles of cognac and trays, baskets, and sugarcane stalks.
This Hokkien New Year is to celebrate the day when the Hokkiens escaped mistreatment by ruthless army in ancient China by seeking refuge in a sugarcane plantation. The Hokkiens emerged unharmed on the 8th day of Chinese New Year. Hence it is consider as New Year for the Hokkiens.
This is once a year grand heritage event which you must come and witness which is uniquely Penang.
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