The traditional way of celebrating the New Year in China is to hand out red envelopes containing money. The traditional goods to throw from floats in New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebration are bead necklaces.
Today at the Oklahoma Memorial Union you can get both -- minus the money.
The Union Programming Board is showing its multiculturalism by celebrating both the Lunar New Year and the last day before the beginning of Lent, said Program Coordinator Laura Wegener.
Board members will brighten some students' days by handing out trinkets and playing Cajun music.
The Lunar New Year is celebrated by people in East and Southeast Asia, said Chinese language professor Ning Yu. Today is the first day of the Year of the Rabbit; last year was the Year of the Tiger.
"It's just like Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and a spring festival combined," Yu said.
In China, most families celebrate the holiday by eating a big dinner and watching a special television program on the Central Chinese Television Station, a l
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