Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

This year, Lunar New Year begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and ends Feb. 12. Lunar New Year, also widely regarded as Chinese ...

The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to ...

The next year of the snake will be in 2037. According to the University of Sydney ... Both dishes have sticky rice, mung ...

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid ...

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

The Year of the Snake has brought celebrations in Hawaiʻi and across Asia. It's also brought a lot of travel. HPR's Bill ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ... Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in ...

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther ... the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals ...

BEIJING: Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year ... to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake. The Chinese enjoy eight consecutive public ...