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People prepare to perform the traditional Chinese dragon dance during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters
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A woman touches the belly of a Buddha figure during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters
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An actor wearing traditional costume takes part in an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune as part of the opening of the temple fair at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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Hundreds of people made their way to the 2012 Chinese New Year and Culture Festival at the Nan Hua Temple in Bronkhorstspruit welcoming the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Dragon. Picture. Adrian de Kock
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Amateur artists perform a fire show to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Photo: Reuters
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An amateur artist performs a fire show to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Photo: Reuters
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People watch fireworks on the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve in Beijing, China. Chinese celebrate the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China. Photo: AP
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A man holds incense sticks as part of Chinese new year celebrations at the Old City God Temple in Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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A man stands next to red lanterns during Chinese new year celebrations at the Old City God Temple in Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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People rush to place joss sticks at the Guan Yin temple in Singapore. Worshippers gather annually at the temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year with hopes to be the first person to offer joss sticks when the clock strikes midnight, believed to bring prosperity and luck. ...
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Soldiers perform a dragon-dance in front of Tay Kei Sek temple in Semarang, Central Java. Photo: Reuters
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Members of the Chinese community participate in a lion dance during celebrations at Lima's Chinatown. Photo: Reuters
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North Korean soldiers gather to lay flowers on a stage in front of a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il as they pay their respects on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Photo: AP
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A woman burns incense to pray for good fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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A performer dressed in traditional costume and wearing make-up prepares to take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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Performers wearing traditional costumes take part in a lion dance during the opening of the temple fair at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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An actor dressed as an emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) takes part in the heaven-worshipping ceremony, in which people pray for good harvest and fortune, to celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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Actors dressed in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) costumes hold dragon flags as they take part in the heaven-worshipping ceremony, in which people pray for good harvest and fortune, to celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Pho ...
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An actor dressed as an emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) stands in front of dragon-designed cloth as he takes part in the heaven-worshipping ceremony, in which people pray for good harvest and fortune, to celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the ...
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People light incense sticks as they prepare to pray during the first day of the Lunar New Year at Dharma Bhakti temple in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
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People hold incense sticks as they pray during the first day of the Lunar New Year at Dharma Bhakti temple in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
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A worshipper burns joss sticks to pay his first visit of the "Year of the Dragon" at Longhua Temple in Shanghai, China. Photo: AP
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Chinese women hold joss sticks while visiting Baiyunguan, known as the White Cloud Taoist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
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A Chinese woman smiles while holding joss sticks as she visits Baiyunguan, known as the White Cloud Taoist Temple to celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
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A man holds joss sticks while waiting in line at Baiyunguan, known as the White Cloud Taoist Temple during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
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Performers dressed in Qing dynasty costumes participate in an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for a good harvest and fortune at a temple fair in Ditan Park during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
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People burn incense as they pray at the Longhua Buddhist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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A woman hangs red prayer ribbons printed with new year wishes on a tree at the Longhua Buddhist Temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
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A wooden ornament featuring a portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate, center, and other designs are on sale at at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
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A couple kisses next to a red lantern decoration for the Chinese New Year amid snowfall in Lanzhou, Gansu province. Photo: Reuters
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