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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: Chinese New Year Heads-Up
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:30:10 +1300
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A busy few days here in some parts of the world:

25 Jan - 2 Feb 	Chinese New Year (Taiwan)
28-30 Jan	Lunar New Year Holiday  (South Korea)
28 Jan - 3 Feb 	Spring Festival (China)
		Tet (Vietnamese New Year) Holiday (Vietnam)
28 Jan		Chinese New Year's Eve (Taiwan)
		Seotdal Geumeum (Lunar New Year's Eve) (North Korea)
29 Jan		Chinese New Year  (Singapore, Indonesia)
		Korean New Year (North Korea)
		Lunar New Year (Philippines) (Brunei)
29-30 Jan	Chinese New Year (Malaysia)
29-31 Jan	Lunar New Year Holiday  (Hong Kong)
		Chinese New Year (Macao)
30 Jan		Chinese New Year Holiday (Singapore)

Some notes of linguistic interest here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_New_Year