10 Celebrations For Year Of The Rooster – 2017
The Chinese New Year celebrations were not only restricted to China or Chinatowns across the globe as a large number of people from London to San Francisco came out to celebrate the Spring Festival, bringing in the Year of Rooster.
One of the most important traditional celebrations in China and countries with a large Chinese population, the lunar new year is a family holiday where people clean their homes and decorate them with red lanterns and posters of poetic verses.
Big cities across the world saw colorful parades and fireworks as people took to the streets celebrating the new year with rooster decorations. People geographically far away from the country of origin also got an opportunity to participate in the exhibition of China’s traditions and culture.
London’s Trafalgar Square hosted thousands of people as the country experienced its biggest ever Chinese New Year celebration, while countries in Southeast Asia also celebrated the festival with great pomp and show.
A tourist walks under the lanterns along a street outside Raohe street Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters
The Chinese New Year celebrations start on the eve of the lunisolar Chinese calendar’s first day and extend to the Lantern Festival held on the 15th day of the first calendar month. The tradition associated with the festival revolves around preserving luck, exchanging money and spending time with family.
Performers in traditional costumes dance on the stage at the Longtan park in Beijing, Jan. 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
A temple in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Jan.27, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
A visit in Chinatown, in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 27, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Members of the Chinese community dressed as roosters wait for the start of a parade in Madrid, Jan. 28, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Susana Vera
The streets of Vancouver, Canada, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leading a procession through the city’s historic Chinatown for the annual Chinese New Year Parade. A number of political leaders, public figures and community groups also participated in the festivities along with traditional dancers.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, wave to the crowd in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Ben Nelms
Ethnic Dong women wearing traditional costumes as they celebrate in Liping, Guizhou province, China, Jan. 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer People wearing costumes as they perform at a temple fair in Beijing, Jan. 29, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Dragon dance performers ride an escalator to perform at the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati city, Metro Manila, Jan. 30, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Ezra Acayan
