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Xin Chun Kuaile Happy New Year
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he Chinese Lunar New Year 2014 was celebrated with much fun and fervor at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi in February. Traditionally, the festival is a time to honour deities as well as ancestors. The year 2014 is the year of Horse and as per the Chinese idiom and cultural totem, Horse represents valor, hard work, strength and success. Year 2014 is marked as ‘Year of Friendship and Exchange’ between India and China. The celebratory evening, organized by the Embassy of China in association with India-China Economic and Cultural Council, was marked by splendid performance
RI Âľ*XDQJ[L $FUREDWLF 7URXSHÂś Ă€RZQ LQ IURP &KLQD The evening started with ‘Happy Spring Festival Dance’, and proceeded to showcase several jaw-dropping acrobatic feats keeping the audiences spell-bound all through the evening. The event was graced by Mr. Parvez Dewan Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Mr. H.E. Wei Wei Chinese Ambassador to India, Mr. Zhang Zhihong, Counsellor (Cultural), Embassy of China, Mr. Mohammad Saqib, Secretary General, India-China Economic and Cultural Council among other dignitaries. ‰
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