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2009 | Pictures of the Lunar New Year | Year of the Ox
Being one of the most celebrated days in the world, Lunar New Year was celebrated in almost every major city with bright colours, plenty of noise, and all sorts of festivities.
(Right) London's wet weather didn't deter crowds from filling the radiantly decorated streets of London's Chinatown (source: news.bbc.co.uk).
In New York:
... a pan-Asian Lunar New Year Celebration at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Sunday. The garden has put together a program that includes performances by DVL Dance Vietnam, a New York-based troupe specializing in traditional Vietnamese dance; Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera, a martial-arts, acrobatics and dance company (Source: New York Times)
Get a more global sense of how the world is bringing in the Year of the Ox through some great images and video after the jump.
More: (photo) news.bbc.co.uk | Chinese New Year Parade, Events, and Festival Information for the US and Canada | Lunar New Year events in major cities | How do Vietnamese celebrate Lunar New Year (Tet)? | Lunar New Year a multicultural celebration | 2009 Lunar New Year in San Fransisco | Vancouver Sun | Dalai Lama wishes the Chinese on their New Year at thaindian.com | New York Times
(Below) A massive firework display in Beijing welcomed in the new year. Source: In Pictures: Chinese New Year 2009
More images of Chinese New Year 2009 from Beijing, Manila, Indonesia, London and Liverpool at news.bbc.co.uk
Celebrations will welcome Year of the Ox
Gum Lung, the golden dragon, marches down Grant Avenue during a mini-parade in Chinatown. The new 238-foot dragon is the longest in the history of the San Francisco's Lunar New Year celebrations, and will lead the big parade Feb. 7. (Paul Chinn / The Chronicle)
More pictures at SFGate.com
Lunar New Year (Tet) 2009 Celebration at Raffles City Shopping Mall (Singapore)
Lunar New Year 2009 celebration at Vivo City Shopping Mall (Singapore)
Happy lunar new year 2009 [phao' hoa ho` Ngoc khanh]
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