Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

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As several Asian nations gear up to celebrate the lunar new year, families are preparing to partake in the unique traditions associated with the festival and welcome the year of the snake.

Lunar New Year traditions vary across and within countries ... children receive red envelopes as blessings from their relatives. In Southeast Asia, dragon dances, believed to bring good luck ...

Lunar New Year celebrations are coming up, marking the beginning of the year of the snake. What to know about the holiday how it's different from Chinese New Year.

Join Asia Society Texas to celebrate the Year of the Snake with special Lunar New Year festivities at The Galleria! We'll bring free arts and crafts activities, games, and festive performances for the ...

Have you tried bathing in coriander broth? How about throwing mandarins to flowing body of water? These are a few of Asia's unique Lunar New Year traditions.

In diaspora communities, particularly in cultural enclaves, Lunar New Year is visibly and joyfully celebrated. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake. Different countries across Asia ...

BEIJING (AP) — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — including in Moscow. Hundreds of people lined up in ...

A dragon is held up by performers from the Chinese American Association of Minnesota Chinese Dance Theater while they perform the Dragon Dance during a Lunar New Year celebration at Asia Mall in ...

Join Asia Society Texas in welcoming the Year of the Snake with performances, art and craft activities, a Lucky Lunar Mission, and food — all inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia!