Hello! Welcome to COTL, a discussion place for BIPOC. Posted the first 3 Wednesdays of the month
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Happy Luna New Year to all those who celebrate it.
I wanted to acknowledge the big event as close to the occasion as was possible.
There’s a lot I don’t know about the Lunar New Year myself,[footnote]Celebrated by multiple Asian cultures according to Lunar cycles? My own South Asian motherland’s New Year falling in April[/footnote] so for those in the know, please feel free to enlighten us, otherwise I hope you enjoyed yourselves: primarily with food, as I understand it?
It is the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese New Year & I thought it would be nice to use the Chinese legend Nian[footnote]Which technically isn’t a dragon, but is pretty damn cool looking[/footnote] as the header image.
It of course continues to be Black History Month in the United States, so feel free to talk about that too.
Prompt: How did you celebrate the Lunar New Year or how is Black History Month progressing for you?
Feel free to go off prompt and discuss anything you feel like. I hope you have a nice day.