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Beijing, Feb 26 (EFE/EPA).- China celebrated the Lantern Festival Friday with adorned streets, marking the end of two-week long New Year celebrations.(Camera: WU HONG)SHOT LIST: THE LANTERN FESTIVAL IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
Monks at Dharma Drum Mountain Temple in Taiwan strike their temple bells 108 times to ring in the Year of the Tiger. The striking of the bells symbolises the removal of 108 kinds of human worries. IMAGES
Sittwe, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA) .-With messages calling for peace and resistance to the violence and repression unleashed by the military junta that took power on Feb. 1, people across Myanmar marked their traditional New Year on Tuesday."Fight for democracy," "We support CDM (civil disobedience movement) heroes" and "Reject military coup" are some of the phrases written on ceramic flower pots that serve to welcome the new year.The little pots, accompanied by bouquets of flowers, were also carried by lines of marchers in various cities of the country where peaceful protests against the military continue. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: RAKHINE ETHNIC PEOPLE WALK DURING THE PROCESSION TO WASH THE BUDDHA STATUES WITH SCENTED WATER DURING THE TRADITIONAL WATER FESTIVAL IN SITTWE, RAKHINE STATE, WESTERN MYANMAR.
Shiheung, Feb 26 (EFE / EPA) .- South Korea celebrated Friday "Daeboreum", a festival that concludes two weeks of celebrations after the arrival of the lunar New Year and that coincides with the first full moon of the new year.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: THE "DAEBOREUM" FESTIVAL IN SHIHEUNG, SOUTH KOREA.
Beijing, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- People all over the world are celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.Festivities were marred this year as the world battles to deal with a deadly outbreak of coronavirus. The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN BEIJING, CHINA.