Jan. 28 marks the Lunar New Year, beginning the Year of the Snake. It's not the only lunar festival — Ramadan begins Feb. 28, ...

Lunar New Year celebrations begin Wednesday. Here's everything to know about the 2025 Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake.

Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as ...

Lunar New Year is based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. It begins with the first new moon and ends with the Lantern ...

Lunar New Year traditions vary greatly among countries or territories covered by Radio Free Asia and its affiliate, BenarNews ...

It's an important event in many East Asian countries, including China (where it's known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival), Japan ... beginning with the first new moon and ending on the first ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon, it is full and bright; sometimes it is just a sliver of silvery light. These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth ...

The start of the month is when the Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated; the full moon falls in the middle of the month and is when many Chinese communities celebrate the Lantern Festival.

In 1996 Walther Productions launched our first festival, the Full Moon Festival, essentially throwing a party for our 940 closest friends, and we launched our Autumn Equinox Festival that ran from ...

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Drift above the mesmerizing Loi Krathong Festival in Thailand with stunning drone footage capturing thousands of glowing ...

on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma) ...