UP Chinese Students Association turns 50, welcomes Chinese New Year

MANILA, Philippines - In time for the Chinese New Year, the University of the Philippines Chinese Students Association (UP CSA) celebrates its 50th anniversary with a series of activities throughout the week.

An exhibit at the first floor lobby of Palma Hall in UP Diliman features an exhibit that provides a glimpse of the organization's history, as well as a venue to know more about traditional Chinese tea ceremony, calligraphy sessions, festival food tasting and traditional 'jiao bei' divinations, among others.

Contests are also lined up for the week, which include a photo hunt, eating contest, lion and dragon dance and performance by Chinese musicians.

UP CSA was founded in June 23, 1963 by a group of Chinese-Filipino students who saw the need for an organization that would promote interaction and cultural exchange among students in the university.