Performers dance in front of a float decorated with dragons in a night parade in Hong Kong.
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Performers take part in a dragon dance during a night parade in Hong Kong.
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A Chinese actor dressed as a Qing Dynasty emperor prepares for a prayer during an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing.
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A man, his shadow cast on the stage, watches a performance at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing.
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Thousands of people visit a lantern festival to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Dragon in Shanghai.
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Performers take part in a dragon dance in a night parade in Hong Kong, celebrating the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. According to the Chinese zodiac, the year 2012 is called the Year of the Dragon.
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A performer dressed in traditional costume and wearing make-up drinks tea as he and others smoke cigarettes as they prepare to take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing.
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Performers dressed in traditional costumes and wearing make-up dance as they take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing.
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Performers take part in a dragon dance in a night parade in Hong Kong.
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An Indonesian ethnic Chinese man carries his boy to help to light a candle during Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple in Chinatown in Tangerang, Banten province, Indonesia.
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Chinese dragon dancers draw attention from onlookers as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, parading through China Town in Yokohama, one of the biggest in Japan, near Tokyo.
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Chinese dancers perform on a stage at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing.
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