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Spring Festival in Indonesia: a blend of cultures

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Ahead of the approaching Spring Festival celebrations, a worker colors a traditional dragon head in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on January 14, 2025. /Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images/VCG
Ahead of the approaching Spring Festival celebrations, a worker colors a traditional dragon head in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on January 14, 2025. /Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images/VCG

Ahead of the approaching Spring Festival celebrations, a worker colors a traditional dragon head in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on January 14, 2025. /Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images/VCG

Lion dancers are seen in a file photo performing for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG
Lion dancers are seen in a file photo performing for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG

Lion dancers are seen in a file photo performing for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG

A file photo shows a dragon dance being performed for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG
A file photo shows a dragon dance being performed for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG

A file photo shows a dragon dance being performed for Spring Festival on the Indonesian island of Bali, February 10, 2024. /Sonny Tumbelaka/VCG

People are seen walking past Spring Festival decorations in Pancoran Square, also known as “New Chinatown,” in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2024. /VCG
People are seen walking past Spring Festival decorations in Pancoran Square, also known as “New Chinatown,” in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2024. /VCG

People are seen walking past Spring Festival decorations in Pancoran Square, also known as “New Chinatown,” in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2024. /VCG

In Indonesia, the Spring Festival is a grand public holiday. At this time, many families clean their houses, paste Spring Festival couplets and hang lanterns. Indonesia and China share many Spring Festival customs: families gathering for reunion dinner, performing lion and dragon dances and holding temple fairs. In Indonesia, the festival - a uniting symbol of cultural integration - offers people of all ethnic groups an experience of festive charm, with a mix of Chinese food and local specialties.

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