The Okanagan Chinese community is celebrating the Lunar New Year which officially kicks off Wednesday, marking the arrival of the Year of the Snake. Celebrations will span 15 days, concluding with Sat, Jan 25th, 2025 to Sat, Jan 25th, 2025 Time: 1:00 pm Description: Celebrate the year of the snake with us! Play Chinese games (and maybe win a prize!), enjoy the art of tea, listen to Mandarin poetry and enjoy travel adventures from visits to China and Taiwan in this free community event. Venue: Kelowna Downtown Library Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2025 in Kelowna with a variety of things that you can do. Make way for interesting workshop and learn how to create lanterns. Decorate your places with beautiful lanterns and celebrate this event in style. Head to exhibition or get going to dinners and make the Chinese New Year 2025 in Kelowna a fancy schmancy affair. Asian communities across the world will begin ringing in the Lunar New Year tomorrow, with 2025 designated as the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. The Snake is the sixth animal in the The OCCA Communities Association is excited to welcome the public to the Spring Lantern Festival on Feb. 9 to celebrate the year of the snake. From 4-8 p.m., Kelowna residents are invited to Parkinson Recreation Centre for the free celebration. Attendees will be able to enjoy face painting, Asian A woman touches the snake figure on the stone wall ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake, following the Chinese zodiac, as people visiting the Baiyun Taoist Temple in Beijing, Wednesday Chinese New Year in 2025 falls on January 29 and ends with the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. Celebrations last up to 16 days; the Chinese public holiday lasts from Wednesday to Feb. 4. What is the The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. The Chinese New Year of 2026 falls on February 17th (Tuesday), and will last to February 21th. It is the Year Save this event: Ayurveda for Self Healing - Level 1 Training - Kelowna, BC (Online) Save this event: TRU Chinese New Year Banquet 2025: The Year of Snake! Celebrate Lunar New Year 2025 in Canada. This 2025, the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year and Spring Festival will fall on January 29, marking the Year of the Wood Snake. The Lunar New Year is one of the most celebrated cultural events organized and attended by Asian communities in Canada. Find tickets & information for Chinese New Year Celebration at the Downtown Library. happening at ORL Kelowna Downtown Library, Kelowna, BC on Sat, 10 Feb, 2024 at 12:00 pm. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Multiple events are getting underway in Kelowna over the next few weeks as part of the Chinese New Year. To kick things off, UBCO will be holding a 2020 Lunar New Year celebration event on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 12:00 p.m. at their ballroom campus. Surely the year of the Snake 2025 can be an excellent time to start new projects, explore new opportunities or even make significant changes in your life. Another key Chinese zodiac prediction for 2025 is that the Year of the Wood Snake will be a time to think strategically and plan carefully. Wondering what to do to welcome the new year? Here is a list of New Year's Eve/Day 2025 activities & events happening in and around Kelowna.Please verify all details from event organizers / official websites (links given).Contents: 1. New Years Eve Family Activities2. New Years Eve Parties/Adult events /Dinner & Dance3. More Things To Do on New Year’s EveYou may like: Christmas & Holiday CHINESE NEW YEAR 2025 – 29 th January 2025 – How we celebrate the year of the Yin Wood Snake (Yi Si) Chinese New Year will begin with the new moon, and is based on the Lunar calendar. In 2025 this falls on the 29 th January and is a day of celebration – a chance for family and friends to gather worldwide to welcome in the new year. Grand Chinese zodiac years are represented by 12 animal signs and begin at Chinese New Year. Find Chinese zodiac year dates from 1948 to 2031. 2025: Year of the Dragon A disc jockey plays music during the Chinese New Year celebrations, marking the year of the snake, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. 2025 12:00 PM; Assaulted Kelowna man With Chinese New Year around the corner, the Downtown Kelowna library gave people a chance to celebrate early and learn about the celebration on Saturday. From 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the free event took place on the library's second level with Chinese games, Mandarin poetry, a station dedicated to learn about tea, chinese food, and much more. 2025 Chinese New Year Animal. The 2025 Chinese New Year will mark the beginning of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese lunisolar calendar shares some similarities with the Hebrew calendar, which is also lunisolar, and it has influenced other East Asian calendars, such as those of Korea and Vietnam. With Chinese New Year around the corner, the Downtown Kelowna library gave people a chance to celebrate early and learn about the celebration on Saturday. From 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the free event took place on the library's second level with Chinese games, Mandarin poetry, a station dedicated to learn about tea, chinese food, and much more.
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