Monday, January 23, 2012

Lunar new year

  • LAS VEGAS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of Lunar New Year, Caesars Palace headliner Celine Dion hosted the grand opening ceremony for the new Octavius Tower at Caesars Palace, officially ringing in the Year of the Dragon.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • With its fireworks, family reunions and feasts, Lunar New Year is the longest and most important celebration for millions around the world. For children adopted from China, it holds special meaning.
  • (LoHud.com)
  • PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Soldiers and children, bundled up against the freezing cold, lined up Monday at Pyongyangs main plaza to pay their respects again to late leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday.
  • (The Guardian)
  • Billionaire Warren Buffett strummed the ukulele, singer Leehom Wang played a dragon-shaped guitar and Premier Wen Jiabao visited oil workers as China ushered in the Lunar New Year.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Amid the profusion of Lunar New Year celebrations signaled by Mondays new moon, Ariuntuul Avirmed thinks you might not have heard of her festival, Tsagaan Sar.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • Asia's fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang's mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi's Old Quarter to snap up Belgian chocolates and Thai candies for Tet, or lunar New Year.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in many Asian cultures, but 2012 will be the Year of the Dragon — the most auspicious of all the Chinese zodiac animals.
  • (Bayside Times Ledger)
  • The Vietnamese Catholic Community at St. Patrick Catholic Church celebrated the Lunar New Year on Sunday January 22, 2012. Photos by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette Laura J.
  • (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  • When former Vancouver city councillor B.C. Lee was a young man living in Taiwan, his family had decided to spend the traditional Lunar New Years Eve dinner at the home of his elder brother in the south.
  • (The Vancouver Sun)
  • Long ago, in the Warring States Period, the haunting sound of the village alarm gong crashes through the valley. It was the first day of the lunar calendar, an auspicious day, but luck was in a sour mood.
  • (DAILY KOS)

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