Welcome! 2013 Year of Snake

2013 celebrates the Year of the Snake. Established in 2008 the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival (DCNYF) showcases the best of Sino Irish Culture in Ireland and 2013 marks the sixth year of this internationally recognized festival. As Dublin continues to build on its twinning with Beijing, the festival is delighted to deliver our high profile cultural programme including the Third Chinese Film Festival at the Lighthouse Cinema, a special Spring Festival partnership with the Council of Europe Intercultural Cities Conference - an official part of Ireland hosting of the European Presidency, the main DCNYF Carnival on Chinese New Year’s Day, Traditional Dragon and Lion dances, a Sion-Irish Business Seminar, the DCNYF Lecture series, a Children’s Programme, an Arts and Music Programme, Martial Arts, Sports and much more for all ages.

Sixth in the Twelve Year Cycle, people born in the Year of the Snake are acute, aware, charming, cunning, elegant, mysterious, passionate, proud, serene and vain. They are attractive people who handle crises with ease and do not easily become flustered. They are graceful people, exciting and dark at the same time. They are fascinated with all beautiful things in life. Poor in communication, Snakes are contemplative and private and are not outwardly emotional. Appearing cunning and reticent, they usually act according to their own judgment and do not follow the views of others. Conscientious and diligent at work, they are organized and precise, cautious and alert when doing business. Snake people are passionate lovers and show a strong desire for control when associating with others. They will never forgive anyone who breaks a promise. They show their resentment with ice-cold hostility instead of bitter words. Some of the people born in the Year of the Snake may strike their enemies with a deadly blow.

Famous Snake People: Queen Elizabeth I, Virginia Woolf, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Dean Martin, Grace Kelly, Pierce Brosnan, Art Garfunkel, Liz Hurley, Colm Meaney, Brad Pitt, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Dionne Warwick, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Fassbender and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

The Snake is best matched with those born in the year of the Ox, Dragon and Rooster but not with those born in the year of the Pig, Monkey or Tiger.

The years of the Snake are 1905, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013.

Also there is film festival for Chinese new year. My most favorite film is the "Yu Ming is Ainm Dom: Special 10th year Anniversary Focus" at Light House Cinema.