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Brightly coloured lions backed by musicians with drums and symbols performed in front of hawker centre stalls or shops to bring good luck for the forthcoming year. At the end of the ceremony, after consuming beer and an assortment of vegetables, the lion would leave pieces of tangerine in the shape of Chinese characters.
At Yuet Sing Seafo
![Chinese ointment - Chinatown, Singapore](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3ilUU1u8SlnzPxXzbXE55ApjQ3D1o8QY6lSxWLT-ZncEQVFNxkNjAXIo3-leXeBhsFR_Pbt7f_MNJGpt9CRAptoE-tMZCTksyHyW8ZtyoqRe-SSVnl-UjGiykzKFCxE-dqXjWajX9Qh9/s200/Ointment-blog.jpg)
Elsewhere in Chinatown, larger numb
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Most of the stall holders in the basement of the Chinatown complex had packed up for the day leaving only a heady warm smell of meat and fish. I suppose it was asking a bit much to find one of the chief ingredients for a traditional southern French peasant dish.
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