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February 09, 2016

Manila's Chinese New Year Celebrations

Filipinos celebrated Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown in a colorful fashion on Feb. 8.

The celebrations not only welcomed the Year of the Monkey but were an opportunity to appreciate the multicultural nature of Philippine society.

As part of the festivities, ethnic Chinese Catholics in Manila decorations adorned their churches and in ceremonies that were marked with Chinese cultural tradition.

 

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