in this chun jie, also known as chinese lunar new year, the beginning of spring festival or xin chia, i found myself in the serenity of thousand red candle lights within a temple in the old quarter of tangerang.

boen tek bio (c) ukirsari 2012

(c) aria widyanto

having celebrated new year’s eve abroad and another continent within indonesia archipelago instead of java mainland, we did something different to ending year of 2011. it’s  took pretty close to the heart of jakarta, the capital city. we had said goodbye to the previous year by gather amongst the portuguese creole descendants and feel so happy to be able learn their culture.