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PHOTOS: Mumbai`s Chinese community come together to celebrate New Year

Updated On: 29 January, 2025 07:44 PM IST | Nascimento Pinto

Mumbai`s Chinese community gathered outside Kuang Kung Temple, known to be one of the only Chinese temples in the city, on Chinese New Year`s Eve to celebrate the new year with family, friends and tourists

Mumbai`s Chinese community gathered outside Kuang Kung Temple, known to be one of the only Chinese temples in the city, on Chinese New Year`s Eve to celebrate the new year with family, friends and tourists

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Mumbai`s Chinese community gathered outside Kuang Kung Temple, known to be one of the only Chinese temples in the city, on Chinese New Year`s Eve to celebrate the new year with family, friends and tourists
<p>With a dwindling population of about 4,000 people, Mumbai`s Chinese assemble every year outside Kuang Kung Temple in Dockyard to participate in festivities that include a traditional dragon dance that has been happening since 2016 as Peter Paul Liu and his family have been continuing the tradition.</p>

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With a dwindling population of about 4,000 people, Mumbai`s Chinese assemble every year outside Kuang Kung Temple in Dockyard to participate in festivities that include a traditional dragon dance that has been happening since 2016 as Peter Paul Liu and his family have been continuing the tradition.

<p>Peter and his family including his wife Rose and daughter Starr, and relatives, embraced the responsibility of entertaining the onlookers as they wore the costume and went through artistic movements,</p>

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Peter and his family including his wife Rose and daughter Starr, and relatives, embraced the responsibility of entertaining the onlookers as they wore the costume and went through artistic movements,

<p>As always, there are a lot of tourists who came to witness the festivities from all over the city, as it lasted for a little more than one hour. After the performance, there were a lot of people who entered the bright red temple, as many members of the community took them through the traditions including burning candles and incense sticks, while making a wish for the future.</p>

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As always, there are a lot of tourists who came to witness the festivities from all over the city, as it lasted for a little more than one hour. After the performance, there were a lot of people who entered the bright red temple, as many members of the community took them through the traditions including burning candles and incense sticks, while making a wish for the future.

<p>The temple even had Chinese members encouraged people to check their future through a unique process of shaking sticks. They also patiently explained every process for anybody and everybody who wanted to learn.</p>

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The temple even had Chinese members encouraged people to check their future through a unique process of shaking sticks. They also patiently explained every process for anybody and everybody who wanted to learn.

<p>While Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 29, the celebration will continue for two weeks till February 12.</p>

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While Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 29, the celebration will continue for two weeks till February 12.

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