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,1 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 Nian2 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.