Tag: Chinese New Year

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Wendy Diamond

Holiday Celebrations Around The World Honoring Dogs!

In the Mesopotamian religion, there was a group who worshiped a dog deity and a temple referred to as “the dog house.” In the ancient Egyptian religion, Anubis, the god of the afterlife, had the head of a jackal. Zoroastrianism included the proper treatment of dogs in their holy books

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Wendy Diamond

Happy Fire Monkey Chinese New Year!

  Looks like there will be some firey Monkey biz going on during Chinese New Year 2016! The Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The start date this year is February 8, 2016, with festivities continuing for 15 days and culminating with

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Wendy Diamond

Happy Chinese New Year! The Sheep Wool Rise

It’s time to ram into the Chinese New Year, with a running start! The Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The year 4713 begins on February 19, 2015. The celebration continues on until February 24th. Each year is represented by an animal,

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Wendy Diamond

Chinese New Year: The Year of the Dog!

Each year, the Chinese celebrate the coming of the New Year with fireworks, traditional foods, parades, and this year it goes to the Dogs! This year, the Chinese New Year will fall on January 29, 2006. There are 12 zodiac signs in the Chinese lunar calendar. Each zodiac sign corresponds

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