Item record: Permissibility of Chinese New Year Celebrations and Cultural Prostrations

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Permissibility of Chinese New Year Celebrations and Cultural Prostrations

Author	Universal House of Justice (actual author might be, or include, the Research Department or another agency of the House)
Title of item	Permissibility of Chinese New Year Celebrations and Cultural Prostrations
Date of this edition	2019-06-04
Language	English
Permission	Open copyright (see Baha'i Reference Library sharing terms, BIC copyright statement, and uhj_permission_electronic_texts)
Posted	2022-02-28 by Brett Zamir
Classified in	Letters from the Universal House of Justice
URL	bahai-library.com/uhj_chinese_new-year_prostration
Abstract	Permissibility of observing Chinese New Year; prostrating is permissible for cultures in which prostrations do not signify submission or humiliation, but are merely gestures of respect or politeness.
Notes	Title not in original, but created for this online posting.
Tags	Chinese New Year; Cultural diversity; Holy days; Holy days of other religions; Interfaith dialogue; New Year; Prostrations; Respect
Locations	China; India
Page views	714 hits since 2022-02-28
Last edited	2022-02-28 22:33 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

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