Chinese New Year 2021 in Buenos Aires: when and how will the celebration take place?

The Chinese New Year 2021, also known as the Spring Festival, It will be held on Friday February 12, when the year 4719 of Metal buffalo. This celebration, which lasts about 15 days, is the most important for the Chinese community.

The birthday number differs from what you usually use in most parts of the world because instead of following the Gregorian calendar, According to Chinese tradition, its calendar is based on the lunar cycles. Therefore, each year begins and ends on different days, therefore, the celebrations fall on different dates.

In recent years, this celebration has brought together more than 500,000 people, which is why it is considered the largest outdoor mass event for communities in Buenos Aires. However, Due to restrictions to contain coronavirus infections, it will not be celebrated on the streets of Chinatown, located in the lower part of the Belgrano district in Buenos Aires.

Instead of the traditional celebration, the YouTube channel of the City of Buenos Aires Government (GCBA) a a meeting with women from the community will reveal the secrets of the New Year’s dinner and other customs of Asian country.

Chinese New Year 2021, the year of the metal ox

According to the Chinese horoscope, each year is linked to an animal in its cycle which ends every 12 years. Thus, the animals of the Chinese horoscope are, in order: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

“It’s a year when those who relax lose, don’t get depressed, we have to invent new things, go back to bartering, organize themselves into neighborhoods, act in community for the economy, put ourselves at the service of those who need it; today, we all have to help someone: a relative, a friend who is on the web, people who have melted “, said the astrologer Ludovica Squirru Dari to THE NATION.

On the global situation of the coronavirus pandemic, Ludovica said: “I think that we have a great powerlessness in the world: for a long time, we see that no government can bring us immediate solutions. Therefore, your task is to educate those close to your place of residence. A new form of world organization is coming, from the plains up, and I believe that if you do not awaken your sense of solidarity, the year of the buffalo will be black and white; On the other hand, if you act to generate opportunities, you will find wealth in all its aspects ”.

Chinese New Year 2021 in Buenos Aires: what the celebration will look like streaming

“Unfortunately, the traditional celebration with an audience will not take place this year, due to the current context, but we will seek to bring to homes, through our social networks, content that celebrates the cultural contribution of the Chinese community to the city of Buenos Aires ”, Mercedes Barbara, Director General of Government Communities of Buenos Aires, told Telam.

With the aim of transmitting Chinese traditions, on February 12, the GCBA YouTube channel will see a meeting with women from four generations of the community who will tell the secrets of the New Year’s dinner and the tea ceremony and share the customs and the rites that are inherited.

THE NATION