February 14th, 2010 was the actual Lunar New Year day in Asia. However, due to scheduling conflicts, the Korean Student Association, Chinese Culture Club and Vietnamese Student Association celebrated the Lunar New Year Festival on February 25th, 2010. We usually hold it in the Fiesta Room, however, there were more than 200 people that attended last year, so we decided to hold it in Laurie Auditorium. Lunar New Year basically refers to the beginning of the year in several calendars which is usually based on the Lunar Calendar. A Lunar Calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the moon phase. Every culture celebrates the Lunar New Year in different ways, but one common thing is that we all celebrate with our families and have a very traditional meal. At Trinity, we hold performances that depict traditional dances as well as modern dances and after the performance we provide a wide variety of food from different cultures. This year, we had the Lion Dance from San Antonio Community come and perform as well as the Japanese Association from San Antonio perform their dances. One of our goals (as being the President of Korean Student Association) was to spread the word to the Korean San Antonio Community. There were about 300 people who attended the festival, and it was a great success. Many students as well as faculty members complimented the performances as well as the food that we served following the show. I think Lunar New Year is a great way for non-Asian students to gain knowledge about one of the very special days in Asia and how we celebrate them.
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