European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 3, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 3 dal Nguyen wearing glasses serves egg Rolls loan unidentified woman. Student wearing Bow lie is Hung Nguyen. Young woman performs a Folk dance with chopsticks. New year ushered in vietnamese Skye photos and Story by l. Emmett Lewis or. Staff writer Kitsch Germany about 600 peo ple celebrated the new year a Little Early or a Little late depending on whether your Point of View is Eastern or Western. Vietnamese refugees boat people emigrants and their families celebrated the vietnamese act new year a week Early saturday said due Nguyen presi on Page 1 Thanh Nhat Lan Phan 9, eats com Lam a mixture of Rice pork Carrot and fish sauce. Dent of the vietnamese refugee organization of . We want everyone to be Happy but we also want to remember the refugees who died in. He boats escaping from Viet Nam to. People in communist prisons in Vietnam and the people who died during the War fighting for our Freedom said Nguyen the organizer of the Celebration. Vietnamese refugee organizations from Wiesbaden and Stuttgart also helped with the event in Kitsch near Heidelberg Nguyen said. The Celebration started in mid afternoon and extended until late evening with Folk dances Folk songs and vietnamese food. Young girls from  and Wiesbaden performed traditional dances with fans streamers and chopsticks. Some of the girls wore no dais traditional Viet namese dresses of yellow with red stripes symbolizing the Flag of South Vietnam. Hung Nguyen a student helping with the festival said the Flag is a Symbol of our country Well never forget  i really enjoyed watching people being Able to hold onto their own culture even though they arc in a foreign country said Kathy Worthington one of a group of americans attending the festival in the Rhein Hall Community Center. The year of the Tiger actually begins feb. 9. The celebrations traditionally extend Over a three Day period with the shooting of fire works on the morning of the first Day of the year instead of at Midnight. Children an important part of Viet namese act Are Given three sets of new clothes to Wear one set for each Day of the Celebration. Adults also give children Little red envelopes containing new Money to Start the year with Prosperity. Vietnamese families traditionally visit All of their friends and nearby relatives to wish them the Best for the new year. But unlike the Quick Happy new year of Western cultures Best wishes arc an Oral presenta Tion that May last More than 15 minutes. Several Young girls from Schwetz Ngen do a traditional fan dance. Their to dais dresses Are yellow with red stripes symbolizing the South vietnamese Flag