This begins the Tibetan lunar year 2128. This is a day of celebration that links all people in the Tibetan diaspora, resulting from the decision of many Tibetans, led by the Dalai Lama in 1959, to flee communist China. Vietnam This is the most important holiday in Vietnam. People dress in their best clothes to welcome the new year. There are ceremonies to bid farewell to the gods that attend each household, the kitchen gods, who go to heaven to report on the household's behavior during the past year.
Fireworks mark the departure of the kitchen gods.
Friday, January 26 Chamber Music Concert -Emory Chamber Music society of Atlanta will perform Shostakovich's Trio in E Minor. The Trio was written in 1944 in tribute to those murdered by the SS in the Ukraine. Commentary by Dr. C. Ben Arnold, Assoc. Prof. Dept. of Music. In order to relieve the pressures of crowding in British prisons, the British government established a penal colony in Australia.