From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world.

Firecrackers, parades and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other ...

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year. From Beijing to Havana, the holiday ...

BEIJING — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year ...

An Ethnic Chinese Thai prays at Kwong Siew Shrine to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) An Ethnic Chinese Thai prays at Kwong ...

BEIJING — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year.