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VARIOUS trinkets sold by vendors in the Glodok Pancoran Chinatown area, West Jakarta, began to be crowded with people of the Chinese New Year 2576 Kongzili/2025, which fell on January 29, 2025.
Traders are lined up to peddle various Chinese New Year trinkets that are identical to the red and gold combination ornaments that fill the sidewalk from Chinatown Gate to Plot Six.
Ayu, 21, a trader in the area, offers a variety of Chinese New Year trinkets that are being sold this year, such as flower trees, hangers, lanterns, angpao envelopes to patch or snake picture decorations according to the New Year’s zodiac.
“There are stickers with other trinkets, it’s like flowers, the snake hangers are also moreover this year the Year of the Snake is the most interest of the patch and snake hangers,” Ayu said when met on Monday (01/20), 2025.
Ayu said that Chinese New Year trinkets were in great demand by the public, namely lanterns, one of which was lit with the help of electricity. Prices for lanterns also vary, depending on the size and type.
“At the moment, most people are bought by the lanterns, there is a lantern on the use of electricity, which can play a lot of interest. If the price of lanterns depends on its size, but if for example this electricity we give the price of IDR1 million, but if the ordinary lanterns are below IDR500 thousand, “Ayu said.
Ayu also mentioned that the Angpao envelope that could speak was also one of the Chinese New Year jewelries that was sought after this year. This Angpao envelope starts at IDR50,000 per piece or unit sold.
“There is also an Angpao envelope that can record, so when we open the envelope there is a voice that we can repeat.
In addition, Ayu said that Saturday and Sunday were usually visited by shoppers looking for Chinese New Year jewelry in the area. In addition, he also added that this year was more crowded with visitors than last year.
“The game is this January, especially on Saturday, the Sunday is definitely a boom, we just overwhelmed that Saturday. Compared to last year, the current year’s ramming is because there are more enthusiasts for now,” Ayu explained. [antaranews]
