The first day of the new year fell on Feb. 10, and the 15-day celebration will extend through Feb. 24. BU student organizations and departments hosted festivities to ring in the Year of the Dragon, ...

About 4,500 athletes representing 190 teams from 12 countries are set to compete in the coming Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races, following a series of pre-event activities that include a ...

Here’s what to know. By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life, renewal and rebirth that people in Iran and beyond have been observing for ...

Ring in the Year of the Snake at Central Florida’s Dragon Parade and Lunar New Year Festival. The festival parade, led by city and county officials and — much more importantly — a dragon ...

The museum will celebrate the new lunar year with its ninth annual Dragon Dance Parade & Celebration through downtown on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event will be the first public appearance of the ...

costumed dancers and long dragon and snake figures held aloft in a colorful procession that kicked off a 10-day Lunar New Year festival on Tuesday night. The Chinese and Russian governments have ...

Wednesday, Jan. 29, marks the Chinese New Year. is also known as the Lunar ... based on animal signs and their attributes. The year of the dragon ended Tuesday, Jan. 28. Wednesday, Jan. 29 ...

The doodle comes from South Korea, according to Google, to celebrate Lunar New Year. "The first new moon ... up on Google's home page occasionally to draw attention to a historical event, a ...

Some of them feature the traditional Dragon Dances, which highlight the communal aspect of New Year festivities. Over the centuries, the coming together for the New Year celebration has remained ...

Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese New Year since the late 19th century when it gained global recognition through Chinese immigrant communities, is a centuries-old tradition rooted in ...

It’s all part of the fun as the world gears up to celebrate Lunar New Year ... as a 12-year cycle represented by 12 animals, in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat ...

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (WXYZ) — Hundreds of people celebrated the New Year in downtown Mount Clemens for its annual New Year's Eve gala. It's an all-night affair that ...