Happy Chinese New Year from Kota Kinabalu

It' the year of the water snake and this is wishing everyone a prosperous new year.

I'm sharing pics of some of the decorations and activities in Kota Kinabalu during the build-up to the Lunar New Year. Pictures were taken with a phone camera (iPhone) and dslr.

Malaysia Monument at night - decorated with lantern lights.

Daytime view here.

The famous Gaya Street is showered with light

School children performances at Lintasan Deasoka, K.Kinabalu

..then they all fell down

The two dancers fell from the poles during this performance @Suria Sabah

Api-Api and DBKK Chinese New Year carnival

Lots and lots of gold coins at Suria Sabah

Chai sen tau... comes to 1Place Mall, Putatan

Happy Chinese New Year: 2013 is the year of the snake.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar.

The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012. [quote: infoplease.com]


Let's start this short week by wishing everyone around the globe a happy happy happy new year. May you have good fortune and good health this year.

Enter the Dragon..! - Chinese New Year decorations at Centre Atrium, 1Borneo.




A performance by SJK(C) Yick Nam at 1Borneo Hypermall on the first day of Lunar New Year

Huge dragon replica at the entrance of KDCA, Penampang captured 2 years ago

How about sharing a link here to those great shots you took during this year's CNY celebration? That would be awesome!

Have a good week, everyone!