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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to recognize the celebration of the Lunar |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 New Year as a major holiday celebrated by Asian American |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 communities in Illinois, the United States, and around the |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 world; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 year using the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar or a |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 variant; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year starts on the second new moon |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 after the winter solstice and falls between January 21 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 February 19 on the Gregorian calendar used in the United |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 States; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year began being celebrated in East |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 Asia and Southeast Asia more than 4,000 years ago; today, it is |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 observed worldwide among people of Chinese, Korean, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Vietnamese heritage; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year is known as the Spring |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 Festival in China, Seollal in Korea, and Tet in Vietnam; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 WHEREAS, While Lunar New Year celebrations vary in length |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 from culture to culture, ranging from three days to two weeks, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 celebration commonalities include gathering with family and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 friends, honoring ancestors and elders, watching and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 participating in traditional dances, settling disputes, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 exchanging gifts, and enjoying feasts; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 WHEREAS, The Lunar New Year occurs in a 12-year cycle with |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 each year being represented by one of 12 animals from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 zodiac; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 WHEREAS, In Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Lunar New Year |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 celebrations, the 2025 Lunar New Year is the Year of the Snake |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 with dual symbolism representing positive and negative |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 qualities ranging from good fortune, harvest, procreation, and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 spirituality to cunningness, evil, terror, and threats; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 WHEREAS, This year, the Lunar New Year will begin on |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 January 29, 2025; therefore, be it |
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