depavali celebration

hi we are from pussy gaga group and our group members are sarah and raufuqah.
today we are going to tell u how hindus or people celebrate depavali, first i will tell u what are the foods that they eat during that day for example laddu,jelabi,vaadai and kesari.on that day also hindus go to visit the temple and they will offer prayers and get offerings from the priests in the temple.and the indians usually used the tunoor on their fourhead. thats all for depavali

HARI RAYA PUASA

Not all Muslim festivals listed above are national holidays, but all will affect Muslim businesses. Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations. During the lunar month of Ramadan that precedes Hari Raya Puasa (Eid al-Fitr), Muslims fast during the day and feast at night and normal business patterns may be interrupted. Many restaurants are closed during the day and there may be restrictions on smoking and drinking. Some disruption may continue into Hari Raya Puasa itself. Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Haji (Eid al-Adha) may last anything from two to 10 days, depending on the town.

I am a non-muslim but I have seen Malays celebarating Hari Raya Puasa. I have been to my Muslim friend's house. They feast in the night at around 7.00pm, which they call "magrib".

Thats all for my experience.

Chinese New Year in Eunos Primary School

Hi, our members for Pussy Gaga group are Raufiqah and Sarah.

How do we celebrate for Chinese New Year? Well, first we were told that we are going to have a Chinese New Year tree-making competion. So we were all excited and our teacher asked us to bring some recycled
materials.

So on the second day of the Chinese New Year, we started our tree-making competion. First our friend
Shenzhu and Zhijun helped us to make the tree steady by rolling newspapers into sticks. Then we started thinking of how we could make our tree nice. So my friend and I started brainstorming and then got an idea. I told my teacher that maybe we could roll small newspapers into oranges. Then my teacher said that it was a good idea but we haven't got enough newspapers and red packets (ang pow in chinese).

So I went to my neighbour class 5/6 to ask if they have any red packets or any leftover newspapers.  Mrs Goh, the teacher in class 5/6 said, "Hmm..let me see if I have any."

Then she opened the drawer and found some red packets and leftover nespapers..I took it and thanked her. Then we started hanging red packets and after a few days our Chinese New Year tree. Eventually, my class got the second prize for the competition.

We were all so happy! That's my experience for Chinese New Year in 2010.