Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year is the beginning of a lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar year, whose months are moon cycles. The event is celebrated by numerous cultures in various ways at diverse dates.

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Lunar New Year
Top to bottom, left to right: Fireworks display at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong A lion dance performance in Kuala Lumpur Lunar New Year celebrations in Singapore Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown, New York City Korean people wearing hanbok and playing yut during Seollal A family gathering to make bánh tét for Tết celebrations in Vietnam
Type	Cultural
Date	Varies

The more well-known celebrations include New Year's Day (or week) in the Chinese calendar and Tibetan calendar of East Asia,[1][2][3] the Buddhist and Hindu calendars of Southeast and South Asia, and the Islamic and Jewish calendars that originated in the Middle East. It is also celebrated by the Nisga'a people of Canada. The determination of the first day of a new lunar year varies by culture.