Bwog knows how hard it can be to be far from your family during Lunar New Year. So we compiled a list of things you can do to celebrate the Year of the Ox from your Barnard/Columbia bubble!

• Learn how to cook your favorite traditional dish and prepare it for some of your friends.
• Do a fun red/golden inspired makeup look!
• Make dumplings. They count both as a craft and you get to eat something after!
• Buy red envelopes and write cute messages to your loved ones on campus (you can add money too if you have the resources for that).
• The Year of the Ox? What about the year of the AUX! Create a Spotify/Apple Music playlist full of traditional songs that make you feel more connected to your culture.
• Year of the Ox means time to eat some steak…? Close enough.
• The Ox is supposed to represent hard-work. Maybe you should do those readings you’ve been putting off…
• Call/Text/Zoom your family! We should all do this more often but alas, this is your chance to tell your family how much you miss them.
• Watch a movie from your country of origin! There are so many amazing foreign pieces made by Asian directors and with Asian actors.
• Manifest all your wishes for the new year and write them down!
• Walk through Chinatown and explore.
• Support one of the many local Asian restaurants by campus!
• Attend a virtual/safe in-person event from the many listed here.

Decorations via Anadarko Community Library