Bristol's Chinese community has been welcoming in the Lunar New Year by sharing family traditions. Celebrations started on 29 January to coincide with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and will last for about 15 days. In Bristol, as elsewhere in the UK, families come together for traditional music, food and dance.
Lunar New Year, often called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian communities. Every year is marked by a different animal and 2025 is the Year of the Snake.
Tacoma’s Lunar New Year, in its 35th year, is a chance to “encourage the young to remember where you are, where you are coming from and why you are here,” said co-founder Lisa Mathusz.
Clashing cymbals, pounding drums, cracking firecrackers, and live music welcomed hundreds to Seattle Center for the 29th Annual Tết Festival this past weekend.
The Chinese American Association of Cambridge’s Lunar New Year event held Sunday at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School started with a cultural fair with snacks and drinks and went on to include speeches and performances.
The annual Brooklyn Lunar New Year Celebration & Prosperity Street Festival, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, lines up at Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. The event includes local vendors and performances. It'll travel down Eighth Avenue to 60th Street, where it will disperse.
Players can make the most of event bonuses and a variety of different featured Pokemon in Pokemon GO's 2025 Lunar New Year event.
Celebrated across Asia and beyond, it marks the start of a new year based on the cycles of the moon rather than the Gregorian calendar, when the majority of the United States and
Beating the streets of Chinatown was thirsty work so the next job port of call was one of the two bubble tea stores on Princess Street. After much deliberation we opted for the Ohayo Tea, were we chose one Oreo flavoured boba to share between us which cost an eye watering £5.
Liverpool is set to celebrate Lunar New Year with a series of free events to mark the Year of the Snake. Preparations are under way in the city's Chinatown, which is the oldest in Europe and twinned with Shanghai, with the main events taking place on Sunday.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has called for an independent assessment of a communications breakdown involving Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over a failed Sydney terror plot, as both leaders face-off during Lunar New Year.