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so lunar new year.
In thai is protein korean New year is called in Korea.
We call the festival, spring festival in chinese.
That would be spongy.
Hi my name is.
Hi, I'm claire.
Hello.
I'm just saying I'm a journalist from Korea.
I'm from Bangkok Thailand and I was born and raised in Beijing china.
I would describe lunar new year here in Thailand as festive, red and loud.
I've always looked forward to the spring festival.
I loved it.
People go home to your families, you can see the family that you haven't seen for a long time.
There will be offerings and prayers, firecrackers, lion dances.
The adults would chat in the living room.
Well traditional costume, humble And play four games and I get to play computer games with my cousin.
People will greet their elders.
It's just like the best time of the year korean New Year's Day korean always, it's a bowl with a slice, the rice cakes.
The thing that I most look forward to would be the dumplings.
Most people eat dumplings, they're the best and my parents make the best dumplings ever.
The feelings are made of vegetables and paul traditionally according to korean age reckoning, everybody's age went up one year on starla and the process wasn't complete until you have a pool with a slice of rice cakes.
There's also a noodle dish that symbolizes longevity because the noodle strands are so long that people think if you eat it, you might have a long and prosperous life.
As for presents, our family always bring food to whoever we visit, especially fruits.
Fresh fruit and meat at the most popular oranges as well.
But you can also give daily supplies such as your shampoo or participates.
And adults also give Children red envelopes or red packets red envelopes like this with money in it.
But I don't have any money in it yet.
A part of the New Year's tradition is bowing to their elders, which is called and receiving New Year's money and the best present I've ever got.
I say it's the red envelopes because as a child, um, you don't get a lot of money from your parents.
So it was really exciting for me every year.