Lion dance performers at a Lunar New Year event in Cabramatta in 2024. Credit: Ashley Mar
“2025 is a special year, with SBS marking its 50th anniversary of reflecting the real Australia and recognising the contribution of diverse cultures to the fabric of Australian society, which includes the wonderful Lunar New Year celebrations.”
SBS Audio
- SBS Cantonese reports on what you might not know about snakes, including explaining the Indigenous creation story of the Rainbow Serpent;
- SBS Filipino looks at celebrations after loss with a Filipino-Chinese migrant preparing to mark her first year without her mother;
- SBS Indonesian covers the key Feng Shui elements predicted to shape the Year of the Snake;
- SBS Japanese looks into how Japanese people dress to impress at new year celebrations;
- SBS Khmer speaks to young Cambodian-Australians about their festive traditions;
- SBS Korean looks at celebrations with elders in care;
- SBS Mandarin meets three siblings from Bendigo returning to their ancestral home in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China;
- SBS Mongolian explores how those who miss Mongolian traditions creatively adapt to keep the spirit of Lunar New Year alive;
- SBS Nepali dives into the annual festival of Nag Puja where snakes are worshipped;
- SBS Thai re-discovers traditions in Australia as a Chinese-Thai; and
- SBS Vietnamese reports on how two Australian-born Vietnamese people in their thirties celebrate Tet.
SBS On Demand
A legal team fights to save an innocent woman in ‘A Guilty Conscience’, streaming at SBS On Demand and screening on SBS World Movies. Credit: SBS On Demand
Visit SBS On Demand’s hub for a rich and diverse collection of films, TV shows and documentaries from around the globe and from home, centred on themes of the Year of the Snake, including transformation, mystery, resilience, wisdom and love and loyalty. Enjoy Malaysian thriller ; Vietnamese drama , winner of the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival; and every episode of much-loved SBS Original, following a Chinese-Australian family from Queensland, based on the life of Benjamin Law.
SBS, SBS VICELAND and SBS Movies
‘China on Stage’.
On television, SBS will be taking Australians across Asia, kicking off with Asia’s Ancient Civilisations: Kingdoms of the East (Season 1) with historian Peter Lee (also streaming now ). Explore food from a Confucian lens with alongside celebrity chef Christine Cushing and experience China’s performing arts, from virtual hologram singers to Peking Opera superstars, on China On Stage. Take in spectacular landscapes of Vietnam and Malaysia in Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles.
‘Broker’. Credit: Madman
Be mesmerised by fast-moving action with the best of the best in martial arts: Dennis To in ; Donnie Yen in ; Jet Li in Hero; and Bruce Lee in .
SBS Food
From three-cup chicken to pineapple cake, learn about classic dishes in ‘Have You Eaten Yet? Tasting Taiwan’.
SBS Food (Channel 33) has a feast for the eyes and taste buds this Lunar New Year. Meet Singapore’s local hawker heroes in Food Tales and follow two food enthusiasts as they travel through China on savouring iconic dishes and uncovering the cultural tapestry that binds them. Audiences can discover the delicacies of Taiwan in with inspirational master chefs creating Taiwan’s most popular dishes. Finally, learn more about the history of the colourful, bite-sized Asian snack, cakewith Southeast Asia on a Plate: Kueh.
Have You Eaten Yet? Tasting Taiwan
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