IMLEK PREPARATION

KEDIRI, 7/2 - IMLEK PERSIAPAN. Mbah Paino (67) cleans Chinese pearl word calligraphy board as a preparation tap held once a year ahead of the celebration of the Chinese New Year of Imlek 2561 at Kelenteng Tjoe Hwie Kiong, Kediri, East Java, Sunday (7/2). After the previous paired in the reign of New Orde, the freedom of Chinese Umat to celebrate the New Year of Imlek was characterized by the disclaimer No.14/1967 by the former President KH Abdurrahman Wahid. New Year Imlek is also set as a national holiday since then.FOTO ANTARA/Arief Priyono/pd/09