Lunar New Year 2021 Celebrations

Feb 12, 2021

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Members of North Korean separated families make an offering at an altar for Lunar New Year near the DMZ at Imjingak Park in Paju, South Korea on February 12, 2021. The tradition is held every year but turnout is smaller in 2021 because of COVID-19. PAJ2021021212 THOMASxMARESCA
February 12, 2021, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia: The Liong Show Underwater attraction with mermaids played by safety divers and free divers enlivened in celebration of Chinese New Year 2572 at the Jakarta Aquarium and Safari at the Neo Soho mall, Jakarta, on February 12,2021. The show was in order to enliven Chinese New Year and as a means of recreation for children and families where there was a concession from the government during the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing strict health protocols. Jakarta Indonesia - ZUMAr173 20210212_zip_r173_008 Copyright: xDasrilxRoszandix
February 12, 2021, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia: The Liong Show Underwater attraction with mermaids played by safety divers and free divers enlivened in celebration of Chinese New Year 2572 at the Jakarta Aquarium and Safari at the Neo Soho mall, Jakarta, on February 12,2021. The show was in order to enliven Chinese New Year and as a means of recreation for children and families where there was a concession from the government during the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing strict health protocols. Jakarta Indonesia - ZUMAr173 20210212_zip_r173_002 Copyright: xDasrilxRoszandix
February 12, 2021, London, England, United Kingdom: A newspaper front page celebrating Chinese New Year is seen in Chinatown. The Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of Ox. London United Kingdom - ZUMAs262 20210212_zip_s262_052 Copyright: xTayfunxSalcix
TYVA REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12, 2021: Members of the Tuvan National Orchestra prepare to give a concert at Kok-ool Music and Drama Theatre as part of Shagaa (Lunar New Year) celebrations in the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. The Year of the White Metal Cow has followed the Year of the White Metal Rat standing first in the traditional Buddhist twelve-year cycle. Kirill Kukhmar TASS TS0F6A43
TYVA REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12, 2021: Members of the Tuvan National Orchestra give a concert at Kok-ool Music and Drama Theatre as part of Shagaa (Lunar New Year) celebrations in the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. The Year of the White Metal Cow has followed the Year of the White Metal Rat standing first in the traditional Buddhist twelve-year cycle. Kirill Kukhmar TASS TS0F6A41
TYVA REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12, 2021: Members of the Tuvan National Orchestra give a concert at Kok-ool Music and Drama Theatre as part of Shagaa (Lunar New Year) celebrations in the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. The Year of the White Metal Cow has followed the Year of the White Metal Rat standing first in the traditional Buddhist twelve-year cycle. Kirill Kukhmar TASS TS0F6A40
February 12, 2021: Visitors offering prayers at a temple in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan while wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. This yearÃ¢â‚¬â ¢s Lunar New Year festivities are subdued due to the strict measures imposed such as no interstate or inter-district travels as well as no mass gathering to halt the spread of the pandemic...Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. - ZUMAn290 20210212_zip_n290_002 Copyright: xFuadxNizamx
February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_104 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx
February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_103 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx
News Bilder des Tages February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_102 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx
February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A woman offers prayers while holding a joss stick at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_101 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx
February 12, 2021, Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines: A passerby ignores the vendor selling lucky Chinese lanterns...Manila cancels the dragon dance and lion dance this Chinese New Year due to the pandemic. Manila Philippines - ZUMAb178 20210212_zap_b178_004 Copyright: xGeorgexBuidx
February 12, 2021, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: A man lights candles at the Dharma Ramsi Temple during the Lunar New Year celebrations..The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, falls on 12 February 2021, marking the beginning of the Year of the Ox. Bandung Indonesia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_076 Copyright: xAlgixFebrixSugitax
February 12, 2021, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: A woman prays at the Dharma Ramsi Temple during the Lunar New Year celebrations..The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, falls on 12 February 2021, marking the beginning of the Year of the Ox. Bandung Indonesia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_075 Copyright: xAlgixFebrixSugitax
February 12, 2021, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: A Temple staff checks the body temperature of a man at the Dharma Ramsi Temple during the Lunar New Year celebrations..The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, falls on 12 February 2021, marking the beginning of the Year of the Ox. Bandung Indonesia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_070 Copyright: xAlgixFebrixSugitax
February 12, 2021, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: A man lights candles at the Dharma Ramsi Temple during the Lunar New Year celebrations..The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, falls on 12 February 2021, marking the beginning of the Year of the Ox. Bandung Indonesia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_068 Copyright: xAlgixFebrixSugitax
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12, 2021: An ox installation is pictured outside a shopping center in Sanlitun, Beijing on Chinese New Year s Day. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F69E5
February 12, 2021, Thailand: People pray at Wat Mangkon in Chinatown during Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, February 12, 2021, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand - ZUMAm249 20210212_zip_m249_014 Copyright: xAndrexMalerbax
February 12, 2021, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan: A Taiwanese wearing a mask pays worships at Lungshan Temple that was build during the World War II, as the Year of the Ox has come alongside the Lunar New Year Festival, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The islandÃ¢â‚¬â ¢s authority has put large gatherings, activities for festival celebration in cancellation or suspension due to a domestic outbreak. Taipei Taiwan - ZUMAs313 20210212_zip_s313_003 Copyright: xDanielxCengxShou-Yix
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6917
Bilder des Jahres 2021, News 02 Februar News Themen der Woche KW06 BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6915
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: A street in Guomao Business District decorated for celebrations of Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6914
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6913
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6912
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F690E
News Bilder des Tages CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A Traditional lion dance troupe as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520041827
CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A Traditional lion dance troupe as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520041810
CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A message on a wishing tree as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520011765

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Members of North Korean separated families make an offering at an altar for Lunar New Year near the DMZ at Imjingak Park in Paju, South Korea on February 12, 2021. The tradition is held every year but turnout is smaller in 2021 because of COVID-19. PAJ2021021212 THOMASxMARESCA

February 12, 2021, London, England, United Kingdom: A newspaper front page celebrating Chinese New Year is seen in Chinatown. The Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of Ox. London United Kingdom - ZUMAs262 20210212_zip_s262_052 Copyright: xTayfunxSalcix

February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_104 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx

February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_103 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx

News Bilder des Tages February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A healthcare worker dressed in a protective suit sprays disinfectants at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_102 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx

February 12, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A woman offers prayers while holding a joss stick at the Thean Hou Temple during the Lunar New Year. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - ZUMAs197 20210212_zaa_s197_101 Copyright: xAnnicexLynx

February 12, 2021, Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines: A passerby ignores the vendor selling lucky Chinese lanterns...Manila cancels the dragon dance and lion dance this Chinese New Year due to the pandemic. Manila Philippines - ZUMAb178 20210212_zap_b178_004 Copyright: xGeorgexBuidx

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 12, 2021: An ox installation is pictured outside a shopping center in Sanlitun, Beijing on Chinese New Year s Day. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F69E5

February 12, 2021, Thailand: People pray at Wat Mangkon in Chinatown during Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, February 12, 2021, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand - ZUMAm249 20210212_zip_m249_014 Copyright: xAndrexMalerbax

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6917

Bilder des Jahres 2021, News 02 Februar News Themen der Woche KW06 BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6915

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: A street in Guomao Business District decorated for celebrations of Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6914

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6913

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F6912

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11, 2021: Street decorations are pictured in Guomao Business District as China celebrates Chinese New Year 4719, the Year of the Ox. Artyom Ivanov TASS TS0F690E

News Bilder des Tages CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A Traditional lion dance troupe as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520041827

CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A Traditional lion dance troupe as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520041810

CHINESE NEW YEAR SYDNEY, A message on a wishing tree as part of the Chinese New year in Sydney, Friday, February 12, 2021. ( NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT CONSENT SYDNEY NSW AUSTRALIA Copyright: xJOELxCARRETTx 20210212001520011765