EXPRIMERE DECEMBER EDITION ENGLISH

ROTARACT CLUB OF GCT COIMBATORE Expressing Rotaraction Parented by Rotary Club of Coimbatore East Group 2 | Rotary International District 3201 ISSUE NO. 6 | DECEMBER 2021 EDITION













Lunar New Year is a 15-day festival that is celebrated In Russia, people write their wishes on a paper on annually depending on the sighting of the new New Year’s Eve and burn them. After this, the ashes moon. The occasion is also known as the Spring Fes- of the burnt paper are mixed with Champagne and tival. The last event held during the Chinese New are drunk by the wisher. In Russia, there is a belief Year is called the Lantern Festival, during which that their wish in this form will motivate them to people hang glowing lanterns in temples or carry achieve their goals in the coming year. them during a nighttime parade. In Sri Lanka, the celebration is customary to spend Seollal is the first day of the lunar Korean calendar. time restoring their physical surroundings. The first It is a three-day event in Korea. The most ceremoni- signs of spring remind Sri Lankans that it’s time for a al ritual on New Year's Day is seh bae (a deep bow to spectrum of festivities, which encompass rhythmic the floor). One of the customs observed is the light- beats on the rabana (a one-sided traditional drum), ing of a \"moon house\" built from burnable firewood sweet delicacies, and the melodies of the koel, a and branches. This symbolizes the warding off of stringed instrument used to sing in the New Year. bad/evil spirits for the new year. Celebrated at the exact moment of the spring equi- Many Filipino people unite on New Year’s Eve, to nox. It is a time of forgiveness and a time to heal. The celebrate a midnight meal known as the Media tradition also urges individuals to make amends with Noche. Here, people wear clothes with dots and those they believe have wronged them in the past. keep coins in their pockets. In the Philippines, it is They also seek forgiveness for their own wrongs. This considered that round-shaped objects symbolize is symbolized by celebrators joining their hands as prosperity. They also eat round-shaped objects such they jump over the fire together. as pineapple, Orange, Guava, etc. on New Year’s Eve.













Shira, an 18-year-old girl from the queen of hills, Nilgiri, was a complete package of positivity. She was a happy-go-girl who wishes to spread happiness everywhere. She was loaded. Her parents owned a ground amidst the pine trees in Fern Hill, where she always used to ride horses. When she got to know the news about the eclipse, she wanted to see it. Her parents never allowed her to go out during the eclipse. Since her parents were out of town, she was in Fern Hill with her cousins for a weekend, so she decided to witness the eclipse alone without anyone's knowledge. She excused herself and left the home where most of them were asleep after lunch. She ran to her horse and hopped on it. She couldn't see the sun, it was cloudy and it seemed like a twilight time of the day. The sun began to lose its brightness.