THE Lunar New Year starts tomorrow with many countries ready to welcome the Year of the Rat.
This year’s celebrations fall on a Saturday, January 25, and will be followed by 15 days of celebrations marking the transition from the Year of the Pig to the Year of the Rat.
In the Chinese zodiac, rats are seen as a sign of money and great riches.
While this is a major family-oriented holiday for many Asian communities, all are welcome at the colourful parades, festive pageants and impressive firework displays that will take place in many major cities in world. – January 24, 2020.
Divers performing a traditional dragon dance as turtles swim past in an aquarium at the Aquaria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, January 24, 2020.An aerial view of parked EMU (electric multiple unit) trains on the first day of the annual spring festival travel rush, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. A total of three billion trips are expected during China’s annual spring festival mass travel this year, as millions of Chinese return to their hometowns to celebrate with their families the Chinese Lunar New Year. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.A Vietnamese woman collecting incense sticks at a courtyard in Quang Phu Cau village on the outskirts of Hanoi ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, referred to in Vietnam as Tet. – AFP pic, January 24, 2020.A man wearing a gas mask while cooking fish in clay pots over woodfire in Ha Nam province ahead of the Lunar New Year. The braised fish is a popular delicacy for the Lunar New Year or Tet season in Vietnam’s north with each pot selling for between US$18 (RM76) and US$60. – AFP pic, January 24, 2020.Rows of red lanterns decorations at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, January 24, 2020.An Indonesian worker preparing candles at a traditional Chinese candle-maker for the upcoming Lunar New Year in Tangerang, Indonesia. The Chinese Lunar New Year is known there as Imlek. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Lion dancers performing during the Georges River Lunar New Year Festival in Sydney, Australia. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Performers wearing traditional Chinese costumes taking part in the Lunar New Year festivities in Belgrade, Serbia. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Pedestrians passing through a tunnel decorated with red lanterns ahead of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at Ditan Park in Beijing. The Lunar New Year, also known as spring festival in China, falls tomorrow, marking the beginning of the Year of the Rat. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.A zookeeper holding up a rat at the Singapore Zoo. The Lunar New Year falls tomorrow, marking the start of the Year of the Rat. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Children dressed in costumes with a Chinese opera theme posing for a group photo in the Chinatown district of Manila, Philippines. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Thais dressed in Chinese god character costumes performing a dance to mark the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at Siam Tai Tien Kong shrine in Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok. – EPA pic, January 24, 2020.Pupils from Kwang Hwa High School and ABIM Islamic school receiving ang pow from their teacher at Kwang Hwa (Private) High School in Klang, Selangor. – The Malaysian Insight pic but Nazir Sufari, January 24, 2020.
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