Food, music, dances, and lots of luck will highlight SM Megamall’s Chinese New Year celebrations as it welcomes the Year of the Ox this January.
Know what’s in store for you for the coming year as one of the country’s top feng shui experts shares her tips. Joy Lim of Charms and Crystals will give a talk on Jan. 21 at 11 p.m. at the mall’s Event Center
Shop for luck at the Chinese Fair from Jan. 26-31 at the Events Center, while stopping for a Oriental henna tattoo, a Chinese Zodiac Exhibit, and a feng shui consultation in the area.
Chinese New Year festivities begin on Jan. 26 with the traditional lion and dragon dance around the mall at 10 a.m. Chinese cultural dances like the Umbrella Dance, Fan Dance, Lantern Dance, and Lotus Dance will then follow at 6 p.m. at the mall’s Events Center. Capping the activities will be a performance by Richard Poon, the Awit Awards Best New Male Artist for 2008 at 7 p.m.
The celebrations continue after Chinese New Year Day itself. Celebrity chef Tristan Encarnacion will demonstrate mouth -watering recipes like chicken pepper fruit stir fry and steamed fish chiu chow style on Jan. 30 at 1 p.m.
There is a Wushu Exhibition on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. On the same day, kids will have a chance to meet Po of Kung Fu Panda at 5 p.m.