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Added on the 12/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
A Taiwan temple strikes a drum on Lunar New Year's Day to welcome the Year of the Rabbit while worshippers walk under giant lanterns to pray for good fortune in the new year. The rabbit is the fourth animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. 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
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.
Banda Aceh/Depok/Kuala Lumpur, 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, also known as the Spring Festival in China, falls on 12 February 2021, marking the beginning of the Year of the Ox. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/BAGUS INDAHONO/FAZRY ISMAIL).SHOT LIST: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN BANDA ACEH AND DEPOK, INDONESIA; AND KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
Taipei, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- People in Taiwan on Wednesday shopped for ornaments and flowers ahead of the Lunar New Year day which falls on Feb. 12 and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrologies.Most major public gatherings and events in Taiwan were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SHOPS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR ORNAMENTS AND FLOWERS IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.