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Shoppers find power charms in fabled street of good luck.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Tarra V. Quismundo
RUSHING off to take home a good luck charm before the world turned a year older, shoppers yesterday flocked to Ongpin Street in Manila, a commercial strip known not only for its good food but also for its promise of good fortune in all shapes and sizes in the Year of the Rooster.
Believers in the Chinese tradition that luck is brought by figurines, chimes, coins, calendars, crystals and other items that double as ornaments, shoppers hopped from shop to shop searching for the best deals.
"These past few days, many people have been coming to buy lucky charms. Our sales have certainly increased even after Christmas," said Cristina Tan, who owns a shop selling traditional Chinese ornaments such as intricately painted vases, golden Buddhas, and good luck dcor.
In her Ongpin shop, people drop by to ask for the best item to attract luck in 2005. Open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., her family's 50-year-old shop has reported brisk sales in rooster figurines and other lucky charms such as money trees, gold Chinese coins assembled into a good luck pineapple, and calendars.
Her figurines sell from P150 to P500, based on the make, color and design. The bigger ones are priced in the thousands of pesos.
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