The Uniqueness of Chinese New Year in The City of Kijang, Bintan

Very interesting experience three days in the town of Kijang, Bintan the eve of Chinese New Year celebrations 23 January 2012. Saturday morning my wife and I had reached the city of deer, to enter the market until the market Instruction Berdikari we’re treated to views of lanterns are hung along the way. reputedly the number reached 1000 pieces according to the local newspaper.

While the streets of deer browse and enjoy the scenery Tiongha tribal people are being worked together to build a platform that says the wife to the show later tonight. Then the wife of the native people continued Deer, Deer is a city once a bustling port, Tanjung Pinang capital of personality within 27 miles of Deer just lost hectic. It has a population of heterogeneous, generally dominated by ethnic Malays, Tiongha, Javanese and Padang mingle with immigrants from various parts of Indonesia into a single unit Deer City Residents. At first PT. Antam Tbk (Antam). is the only mining companies that monopolize here, and a source of income and jobs dominant. Even the City of Deer was once the center of Indonesia’s largest bauxite mining and includes the largest in the world except Brazil. Deer has a seaport named “Bai Sri Intan ‘, where stopped passenger vessels owned by PT. Pelni. such as KM. Sirimau, MI. Kelud etc.. With the expiration of bauxite in this region, PT.Aneka Mines Limited and reduce their business activities even been close marking with Antam to various assets to local government such as Hospital, Housing Antam, etc..

Since the first ahead of Chinese New Year, or Lunar deer in the city is always crowded. So is this, mounted lanterns make beautiful streets of the city at night. On Saturday night the festival was held kong sei (spelling of Malay) is an annual festival held to welcome the Lunar or Chinese New Year, on feztival it held various events such as dance lion dance, folk entertainment such as a song-lago Tiongha, Malay, dangdut, pop etc. ,. At the most unique event is at the peak of the event, which is holding an auction of items such as HP, jars, ceramics, clocks, etc. believed whoever gets this item will bring hockey. The author witnessed that night that cost 2 million mobile phones in the market could be 30 million at auction. as well as jars, ceramics and other costs soared. The festival is held over two consecutive days.

According to the story and trust citizens deer tribe Tiongha during the festival when it rains then the luck will accompany the new year. And whether accidental or not the author of his own experience in the middle for the event at 12 o’clock at night all of a sudden torrential rain, and it is believed it will also rain occurred up to the celebration of Lunar New Year which will fall on 23 January next. Until this very day the rain continued to wet the City of Deer. And one more unique at the time of Chinese New Year is the season dingkis fish, the presence of only on the eve of chinese new year, which according to the evolving story of this fish occurs only in the waters of personality at the time of Lunar. When we browse to the morning fish market is dominated the fish….

That’s the uniqueness of the city of Deer, many other unique fact that reads like a fish lafadz God in Aquarium Fish Sellers in the market Barek Motor Deer, sakura’s trees, garden city, mountain Meatballs, soto grave and so on. Another time will tell all ….