Posted to Whitehorse Leader (20/1/2012) on 22/1/2012 at 3:01 AM
Commenting on "Chinese New Year set to begin this weekend"
http://whitehorse-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/chinese-new-year-set-to-begin-this-weekend/
I firmly believe that all the promotions were misleading, because the event lacked the atmosphere of a Chinese New Year celebration. There were no banners, buntings, lanterns or posters to depict the event. The traditional Chinese New Year songs or music were not played, and some youngsters were having fun “singing” anything except Chinese songs on the stage.
My wife and I did check out the night market / food stalls, and walked away unimpressed. It was a total let down. There were several real estate / investment stalls, souvenir stalls selling items not related to the year of the dragon, colleges trying desperately to gain an enrolment or two, a Liberal Party member giving out balloons, a couple of religious and related stalls, and no less than four DVD stalls selling pirated and non-original production DVDs.
Commenting on "Chinese New Year set to begin this weekend"
http://whitehorse-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/chinese-new-year-set-to-begin-this-weekend/
I firmly believe that all the promotions were misleading, because the event lacked the atmosphere of a Chinese New Year celebration. There were no banners, buntings, lanterns or posters to depict the event. The traditional Chinese New Year songs or music were not played, and some youngsters were having fun “singing” anything except Chinese songs on the stage.
My wife and I did check out the night market / food stalls, and walked away unimpressed. It was a total let down. There were several real estate / investment stalls, souvenir stalls selling items not related to the year of the dragon, colleges trying desperately to gain an enrolment or two, a Liberal Party member giving out balloons, a couple of religious and related stalls, and no less than four DVD stalls selling pirated and non-original production DVDs.
