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To: Power ranger who wrote (8965)	1/26/1998 1:13:00 AM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

Power ranger, Pronounced (phonetically) kong hey fat tsi?? (Mandarin or Guang Dong?).... Sincerely, Doug F.

To: Power ranger who wrote (8965)	1/26/1998 10:32:00 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

OT/Trivia: Malay festival (It's a slow day.) PR wrote: >>28th and 29th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and 30th is the Malay New Year Hari Raya Puasa. This is the first time in 30 years that the Chinese and Malay New Year coincide.<< A couple of minor corrections are in order. First, it's the second time in 30 years that the Lunar/Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa are occurring within a day or two of each other; the first time was February last year. This overlap phenomenon occurs once in 32 years. Second, Hari Raya Puasa is actually the Malay name for the Muslim festival of Aidil Fitri, which falls on the first day of the month of Syawal following the fasting month of Ramadhan. So, to say it's a Malay festival is not quite accurate, since Muslims the world over will be celebrating this festival (within a day of each other--depending on whether they sight the new moon of the month of Syawal). The Muslims have their own New Year, which is called Awal Muharram or Maal Hijrah and falls on April 28 this year (the Muslim year will be 1419). And that's my trivia contribution for the day. (Who cares!! Like I said, it's a slow day. . .) Anyway, PR, Gong Xi Fa Cai! to you too (and to all other CREAF-ers whether not you're Chinese)--we could all use some of that prosperity that comes with that greeting :) Winston