• @LemonLord@endlesstalk.org
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    01 year ago

    It’s chinese new year? Why they call it lunar year? Yes I know their calendar is running by the moon. Is “lunar year” ultra-woke to avoid a “ugly” word like “chinese”? An other case of woke racism?

    • @Nekomancer@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      It’s celebrated in many Asian countries, so calling it lunar New Year is a simple way to not group them all as Chinese.

    • @Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      01 year ago

      No racism, just accuracy.

      It’s more because so many cultures have a lunar calendar, so even though China is the largest population that uses the lunar calendar, it’s not precise to just call it the Chinese New Year, since so many countries and cultures also have a lunar calendar.