PITI to celebrate Chinese New Year

PITI to celebrate Chinese New Year

YOGYAKARTA: In order to enhance assimilation among different
ethnic groups in Yogyakarta, the Chinese-Indonesian Muslim
Brotherhood Association's (PITI) Yogyakarta chapter will hold a
Chinese New Year celebration at a university mosque here.

Budi Satya Graha, the founder of PITI's Yogyakarta branch,
said that the celebration will be held a week after the Chinese
New Year, which falls on Feb. 9.

He said that the Chinese-Indonesian community and the public
in general, regardless of their religious affiliation, would be
invited to attend the ceremony, which is titled: Imlek: Chinese
Tradition or Religious Ritual?" -- JP