Happy Chinese Lunar New Year 2025: Most breathtaking pics of how India and the world welcomed Year of the Snake
Published on Jan 29, 2025 08:37 AM IST
- Chinese Lunar New Year 2025: People across Asia celebrate with their families on January 29 as they usher in the Year of the Snake. See all the photos.
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Chinese Lunar New Year 2025: A woman burns sticks at the Hong San Koo Tee temple in Surabaya on January 29, 2025, to mark the Lunar New Year of the Snake. People bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and ushered in the Year of the Snake.(AFP)
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A woman lights a prayer candle at Darma Ramsi Temple to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year in Bandung, West Java, on January 29, 2025. Train stations and airports across many Asian countries have been jam-packed for weeks as millions returned home to spend the holidays with their loved ones.(AFP)
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In Taiwan on Wednesday morning, people of all ages thronged temples across the island to make offerings of fruit, sweets, crackers and nuts, and mediate and pray. A man burns incense on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake at a temple in Keelung, port city near Taipei, in northern Taiwan. on January 29, 2025.(AFP)
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A woman offers prayers at the Hong San Koo Tee temple in Surabaya, Indonesian island of Java, on January 29, 2025, to mark the Lunar New Year of the Snake. 2025 marks the year of the Snake. The Chinese zodiac calendar is best described as a 12-year cycle represented by 12 different animals - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. This means that those born in 2025 will be snakes. In Chinese culture, snakes are considered both the symbols of harvest, procreation, spirituality, and good fortune, as well as cunning, evil, threat, and terror.(AFP)
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A man lights joss sticks during the celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Snake at Hok Lay Kiong Temple in Bekasi, Indonesia, Wednesday. The auspicious festival of Lunar New Year is celebrated with pomp by East Asian communities around the globe, especially in countries like China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Vietnam, and South Korea.(AP)
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Participants perform a dragon dance during the celebration on the eve of the Lunar New Year, in Moscow, Russia January 28. The festival marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Lasting 15 days, the Lunar New Year ends with the Lantern Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day.(REUTERS)
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A dragon figure is seen in front of the Kremlin during the celebration on the eve of the Lunar New Year, in Moscow. The Chinese enjoy eight consecutive public holidays for the 2025 Spring Festival, an opportunity to share meals, attend traditional performances, and set off firecrackers and fireworks.(REUTERS)
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A participant performs during the celebration on the eve of the Lunar New Year, in Moscow, Russia. Did you know: 2024 was the Year of the Dragon, and 2026 will be the Year of the Horse?(REUTERS)
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Revelers light sparklers near the Dvortsovy (Palace) Drawbridge on the Neva River raised and illuminated during Lunar New Year celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, early on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.(AP)
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A resident Chinese carries his child as they walk in a street decorated with lights to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Snake, in Kolkata, India on Tuesday. People born in the Year of the Snake are often seen as resourceful, self-reliant, and determined to overcome challenges. Years of the Snake include 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, and 1953, with the next Snake year in 2037.(AP)
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Dragon dancers perform during celebrations of Lunar New Year with a large procession in Tverskoy boulevard in historical center of Moscow, Russia.(AP)
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People of the Chinese community perform a dragon mask dance to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Snake, in Kolkata, India.(AP)
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Indonesians of Chinese descent hold up joss sticks as they pray during the celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Snake at Hok Lay Kiong Temple in Bekasi, Indonesia, Wednesday.(AP)
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