Chinese New Year: All You Need To Know

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 dayz later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a Parade.

The Chinese calender is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements.The Lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to"catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years(seven years ot a 19-year cyle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year.this is why , according to solar calendar, the Chinese New Year Falls on a different date each year.

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanks giving. The celebration was traditionally highlighter with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the households and the family ancestors.

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Local lad eyes German music deal

Millions of people across the world dream of becoming a rock star, living thriving off the attention that is thrown at them from adoring groupies and enjoying the vast amounts of money that so many rock stars freely splash around on luxurious items. But this is not the dream that Angus Burns Holds close to his heart.

Angus began his musical journey as a 16 year old teenager and has performed at numerous concerts and private functions during his 18 years of Musical passion, which have also resulted in his first CD, Tree of life, being recorded.

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Young Brazil meet the spartans

Spartan Football Club were looking forward to a game of soccer between rival team Newcastle Football club on Sunday afternoon, 18 January 2009, but were disappointed when Newcastle FC could not make the game.

Not wanting to waste the Sunday afternoon and disappoint the spectators that had gathered to enjoy a game of soccer,

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Amajuba Feature

Amajuba shopping center is situated in the heart of Amajuba Park, 35 Renoster Avenue.

Amajuba shopping center boasts eight shops, which includes a Spar, Tops at Spar, Butchery and even an estate agency.

It has been the shopping center hub of Amajuba Park and Ncandu park residents for a couple of years and offers almost every basic service to the community that live in the immediate vicinity.

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Feud brews between janet and beyonce?

Beyonce Knowles may want to think twice before she takes another jab at the Jacksons. According to the National Enquirer, Janet Jackson "blew up" when she heard what the singer had to say about her family. I grew up upperclass", Knowles recently told OK magazine,"Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons.

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The Kwa-Zulu Natal Business Summit

Kwa-Zulu Natal is in the process of shifting the national economy from traditional low productivity, primary activities and low value goods and services to sectors that rely on modern technologies, creating new skills, generating exports and employment.

This would have a beneficial spillover effects on other economies within the Southern African region and its institutions, said Dr Zweli Mhkize at the KZN business summit held recently.

Addressing the summit on KZN‘S achievements in terms of growth, Mkhize said that in the past six years, the South African economy has maintained a constant economic growth. "The real economic growth average of 3.4% achieved during the first ten years of democracy (1995 to 2004) has increased to an average of 4% over the upswing phase of the current economic cycle. This is a big improvement in the domestic economic performance. It is my hope that we retain such growth trajectory," Said Mhkize.

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Crossing the road safely

The Department of Transport held an awareness campaign for pedestrian road safety, in conjunction with members of the Protection Services.

The main idea of the campaign was to educate people on the correct procedures to follow when one is a pedestrian on the roads.

The campaign was held at the corner of Scott and Allen Street, and pamphlets were handed out to people as they crossed the street at the busy intersection. Small gifts were handed out to those that followed the correct manner of crossing the street, while a red ticket was handed out to those that did not.

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Hrithik's co-star terrorised

Hollywood actress Barbara Mori was going to come to India in early January. But due to the recent terrorist attacks all the producers of ‘Kites’ were really worried about whether Barbara would be visiting the country or not.

According to sources, Barbara will be still visiting the country only after re-assurance of increase in on-set security.

According to sources, "Last schedule of the film ‘Kites’ is supposed to begin from mid-December and will have Kangana and Hrithik in it. Hrithik also happened to be very tensed after he came to know about the attacks and therefore extra security will be provided to all the leading stars of ‘Kites’.

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