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Chinese New Year in Singapore
Chinese New Year in Singapore is celebrated annually. Normally, as in the case of Southeast Asia, Chinese New Year is 2 days, but can be extended to 3 days.
Chinese New Year celebrations in Singapore start long before the festival arrives. People purchase gifts, clean and decorate their homes in advance. Public transport services continue to operate throughout the Chinese New Year.
==Prior to Chinese New Year==
On the days immediately before the New Year celebration, Chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying "Wash away the dirt on ''nin''ya''baat''" (年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice is not restricted to ''nin'ya'baat'' (年廿八, the 28th day of month 12). It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that the newly arrived good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint; decorators and paper-hangers do a year-end rush of business prior to Chinese New Year.〔Welch, Patricia Bjaaland, p. 9.〕 Homes are often decorated with paper cutouts of Chinese auspicious phrases and couplets. Purchasing new clothing and shoes also symbolize a new start. Any hair cuts need to be completed before the New Year, as cutting hair on New Year is considered bad luck due to the homonymic nature of the word "hair" (fa) and the word for "prosperity". Businesses are expected to pay off all the debts outstanding for the year before the new year eve, extending to debts of gratitude. Thus it is a common practice to send gifts and rice to close business associates, and extended family members.
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