Lunar New Year 2025 in photos; US celebrates 'The Year of the Snake' with splendid fireworks, parades

Lunar New Year is celebrated with great enthusiasm in the US due to surge in Asian American communities.

Updated on Jan 29, 2025 09:30 PM IST 10 Photos
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The Lunar New Year, popularly known as the Spring event in China, Tet in Vietnam, and Seollal in Korea, is an important festival observed throughout Asia. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)(AFP)

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People burn incense while offering prayers at a shrine on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Snake in Bangkok on January 29, 2025.. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)(AFP)

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Millions of people across the world bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)(AFP)

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Dancers wearing lion costumes perform during a midnight Lunar New Year celebration, marking the Year of the Snake, in New York City's Chinatown section, in Manhattan, U.S. January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray(REUTERS)

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Local residents in a lion costume perform during the celebration on the eve of the Lunar New Year in the area known as Chinatown in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria(REUTERS)

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