00:00Hello everyone, my name is Rayya.
00:02My name is Raynaud.
00:04If you'd like to watch this weekend,
00:05we'd like to wear Chinese clothes.
00:08We'd like to see some of these lights.
00:19Meet the Loods, an Indian family who celebrates Chinese New Year.
00:24And it's not just for the novelty of it,
00:26but for what lies at the heart of the festival.
00:29Coming together as family.
00:33The celebration will start on the eve of the Chinese New Year.
00:37So where I will always believe in doing a steamboat.
00:41And then once done, so we will wait for the clock to strike.
00:46Five minutes before that, we will start to open the main door.
00:55On the first or second day of the New Year,
00:58the family gathers again for a meal,
01:01tossing yisan,
01:03and exchanging ampals.
01:08They tend to linger long after the plates are cleared.
01:11They also observe other customs as part of the celebration.
01:16Even on the Chinese New Year day, we don't sweep the house.
01:19We don't throw rubbish.
01:21It's all done the day before already.
01:23So there's no harm in it.
01:25There's nothing religious about it.
01:26It's just a very cultural thing.
01:31Of course, an Indian family celebrating Chinese New Year is bound to turn heads.
01:36Especially when delivery riders show up at the door.
01:40We get all the J&T, the Lala, the Grab drivers coming here,
01:47right in front of the house.
01:49And they are looking, you know.
01:51And what is missing is a number there,
01:53which is actually silver in colour, which they cannot see.
01:56They are looking at the name, which is a very Indian name.
02:00And it's a Chinese house, you know.
02:03We come out and they are shocked.
02:05Why is an Indian guy walking out from a Chinese house, you know.
02:11For sisters, Alicia Ann Ludes and Alison Ann Ludes,
02:15these celebrations have led to traditions of their own.
02:19You know, giving Ampaus.
02:21But usually, it's just the married one giving the not married ones, right?
02:26But for us, we also give to our parents.
02:30Then I give my sister, she gives it to me.
02:32Just exchange, like an exchange gift, but an exchange Ampaus.
02:36Yeah, something like that.
02:43But long after the decorations come down and the festive music fades,
02:48the lessons stay.
02:52It has taught me to embrace all cultures,
02:56to also respect.
02:59You know, we learn more about them,
03:02and it also gives us knowledge.
03:05I think that's a power which Malaysians have.
03:11For me, it's more of embracing each other's cultures
03:14and how we can bring it to our homes, family and friends.
03:19It's a very Malaysian thing, you know.
03:21When you go overseas, you don't say,
03:23I'm Indian, I'm Malay, I'm Chinese.
03:25You say, I'm Malaysian.
03:26I'm Malaysian.
03:28Singapore!
03:31Singapore!
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03:33Singapore!
03:34Leverian FMT
03:35Singapore!
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03:37Singapore!
03:38Singapore!
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