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Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Gift of Gold at Global Village
Ring in the Year of the Tiger with a chance to win gold coins at Global Village, the UAE and wider region's leading multicultural family destination for culture, shopping, and entertainment.
From Feb 1 to Feb 6, Global Village will open its red and gold lit gates to guests to symbolize good luck, fortune, wealth, prosperity and happiness for the Chinese New Year.
Guests can enjoy very special cultural activities and performances including fire breathers at Arabian Square Fountain as well as Traditional Chinese Dragon Dance and Lion Dance with drummers at Dragon Lake and on the Bridge of China in front of Chinese Pavilion. There is also a giant, 6.7M tiger arch at the entrance Celebration Walk which is adorned with Chinese lanterns and decorations -an ideal place to capture cherished memories
As no celebration would be complete without fireworks, there will be an exclusive display of red and gold fireworks on 4th and 5th February.
A beautiful Chinese Pagoda decorated with evergreen lucky Kumquat trees will herald a new year of prosperity and good fortune for visitors of all ages who are invited to play a traditional game of Da Tuoluo by spinning a wooden top using a special whip. Two players will compete in an effort to keep their top spinning the longest to be declared the winner.
Each winner will be able to choose a lucky red envelope to symbolize good wishes and luck for the year ahead. The envelopes will contain one of many exciting gifts such as vouchers for a free Carnaval ride and eight lucky winners every day will receive envelopes containing limited edition Global Village gold coins! This novel and exciting game gives guests a chance to experience the classic Chinese New Year hngbo (red envelope) tradition. The importance of this custom for Chinese New Year is more than about the prizes inside, the envelope itself symbolises good luck and prosperity for all those who receive it.
Keeping up with its aim to celebrate cultures from around the world, Global Village offers guests plenty of chances to shop for unique gifts for friends and family and enjoy traditional food, beverages and sweet treats from Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian cultures at the Pavilions and the ever-popular Floating Market and Railway Market.
For more information, please visit: www.globalvillage.ae or download the Global Village App.
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