PENAMPANG: With Chinese New Year just round the corner, it is time for the ‘lions’, ‘dragons’ and unicorns to awaken so they can help to usher in the lunar new year.

To wake them up, the ‘eye dotting’ ceremony is performed and yesterday, 21 lions were symbolically woken up in Buhavan Square in Donggongon.

Led by Penampang Member of Parliament Datuk Darell Leiking’s wife, Datin Jennifer Jongiji, the ‘eye dotting’ ceremony was performed with other invited guests that included Penampang District Police Chief DSP Mohd Haris Ibrahim.