Chinese New Year open house in KL

I was back home to Malaysia on 20th Feb and returning back to Vieniane, Laos on the 4th Feb for celebrating the Chinese New Year with my family. I have not celebrating the Chinese New Year togather with them for 4 years since 2004. Below are the celebration hat been held in Kuala Lumpur which i taken (the pictures) from the local eNews paper.

The dragon dance performance held at the Chinese New Year Open House in Kuala Lumpur proved to be a mesmerising affair. - 8 February, 2009

Crowd pleasers: Multi-cultural performers enthralling the crowd who turned up at the national-level Chinese New Year Open House in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

All together now: Abdullah (Prime Minister of Malaysia) and Jeanne tossing the "Yee Sang" (A special Chinese New Year Food in Malaysia) with Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili (left), Gerakan Party president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon (second from left), Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (third from right) and MCA (Malaysia Chinese Association Party) president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat (second from right).

The 50,000-odd crowd who turned up at the Chinese New Year open house on Saturday night. - 8 February, 2009.

An acrobatic troupe entertaining the crowd.

Rousing welcome: A lion dance troupe welcoming the Prime Minister and the other VIPs upon their arrival at the Pavilion in Bukit Bintang Saturday night.

DAP (Politic Party) leaders and guests tossing "Yee Sang" for good luck at the Chinese New Year open house at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall on Jan 31.

Crowd at the Gerakan (Politic Party) open house in KL.

Children touching a lion's head during a performance at Wisma MCA (Malaysia Chinese Association Head Quarter) during the party's Chinese New Year open house.

Lion dance performance at the MCA open house in Kuala Lumpur.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor together with Gerakan President Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and wife Puan Sri Chui Kah Peng at the Gerakan open house.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat toss "Yee Sang" together with other Barisan Nasional party leaders at the MCA open house at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur. Also present were former MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and his wife Datin Seri Wendy Ong.

A lion dance performance by the Hok Seng lion dance group in front of the Kwan Tai Miu temple in Petaling Street.