Chinese New Year In French Polynesia

Most of tahiti s chinese population is the descendants of migrant workers who came from china to work on the island s cotton plantations in the 1860s.

Chinese new year in french polynesia. The company found in them a cheap and obedient workforce for the cotton fields coffee and sugar plantations. Is new year s day a public holiday. The head of a chinese company planning to set up the south pacific s largest fish farm in french polynesia has again visited hao atoll and says he expects the project to be launched next year.

Public holidays are 1 january new year s day 5 march arrival of the first missionaries good friday easter easter monday 1 may may day 8 may v e day the last thursday in may ascension the first sunday and monday in june pentecost and pentecost monday 29 june internal autonomy day 14 july bastille day 15 august assumption 1 november all saints day 11 november armistice day and 25 december christmas. The chinese community in tahiti just celebrated the start of the goat sheep new year and is now about to celebrate 150 years of presence in french polynesia. Photo courtesy of govt of french polynesia.

French polynesia will hold territorial elections on april 22 and china s growing interests there are one of the topics of popular concern even if local politicians and media are mute on the. Today most of the five percent of tahiti s population who are of chinese descent are shopkeepers who celebrate chinese new year in the heart of papeete. Tahiti s vibrant chinese community gets to celebrate its own culture during papeete s lively chinese new year celebration.

12 34 pm on 19 december 2019. The french polynesia s chinese community celebrates the year of the dog from the ground. In february the chinese new year is celebrated.

New year s day in french polynesia new year s day which is on january 1 marks the start of the year in the gregorian calendar and it s a public holiday in many countries. Everything started in 1865 when about 300 chinese hakka and punti arrived from hongkong to tahiti in papara as workers for the tahiti cotton and coffee plantation cys ltd. The whole country s chinese cultural and folkloric wealth will be emphasized through these celebrations and especially dancing cooking demonstration of ancestors arts and rites.

This is not a public holiday but it is celebrated with great pleasure not only by the polynesian chinese but also by all the other inhabitants of french polynesia.