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Added on the 19/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Shanghai, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Chinese people who went back to their hometown for Lunar New Year began arriving Wednesday in Shanghai, one day before the first working day begins in China. The Lantern Festival on Feb. 26 will mark the end of Spring Festival in the Asian country. (Camera: ALEXANDER PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: CHINESE PEOPLE RETURN FROM THEIR HOMETOWNS AT RAILWAY STATION HALL IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Shanghai, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tourist attractions, sports venues, movies, and other attractions in Shanghai are flooded with people who could not go back home to celebrate the Spring Festival due to the new outbreak of COVID-19 in China, government regulations, and travel restrictions. Spring Festival usually lasts 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year's eve to the Lantern Festival which runs from February 11 to 26. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: SPRING FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Beijing, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- Chinese people on Wednesday traveled to their hometowns to celebrate the Lunar New Year with families, although the government previously urged people not to make trips due to the COVID-19 outbreaks.The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox in the Chinese astrology. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS AT BEIJING RAILWAY STATION AHEAD OF LUNAR NEW YEAR IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Shanghai, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of thousands of Chinese people, mostly migrant workers, on Friday were beginning their journeys home to celebrate the Labor Day holiday. Labor Day is an annual worldwide celebration of workers and their achievements. May Day holidays in China will have 265 million passenger trips during 2021, said the Ministry of Transport on Thursday. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: CHINESE TRAVELLERS WALK ON THE RAILWAY STATION IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Kathmandu, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Nepalese gathered Thursday to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival despite the government's request of no gatherings of more than 25 persons due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially among the Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, devotees will carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each other's faces. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESE PEOPLE SING AND DANCE TO TRADITIONAL MUSIC WHILE SMEARING VERMILION COLOUR POWDER DURING THE 'SINDOOR JATRA' FESTIVAL AS PART OF THE BISKET JATRA FESTIVAL IN THIMI, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.