Comedian Ronny Chieng, who has roots spanning Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia, celebrates Lunar New Year with deep respect for traditions and shared family gatherings. Recently, he honored the Year of the Snake with a potluck dinner and familiar games like mahjong, while adhering to customs such as having vegetarian meals and avoiding chores to retain good fortune. Together with his wife, Chieng has developed their own tradition of formally exchanging well-wishes via Facetime with her family. He also collaborates with Johnnie Walker in showcasing symbolic foods like lo hei salad, emphasizing the joy and familiarity of the festive customs.
"You've got to shout stuff when you do it," Chieng said about the prosperity toss, referring to auspicious sayings uttered for good luck, health, success, and, of course, prosperity. "You have to say a lot because no one phrase covers it all."
On the more disgusting side, we don't wash our hair," he told T+L, abiding by the custom of avoiding "washing away" good fortune, which also applies to not cleaning, sweeping, or mopping.
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