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Lunar New Year celebrations muted in the age of COVID-19

By Associated Press

Feb. 11, 2021

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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they add incense sticks at a temple for the Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Ox, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 12.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they pray at a temple for the Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Ox, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Feb. 12.
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Indian Chinese pray as they celebrate the first day of Chinese lunar new year at a temple in Kolkata, India, Friday, Feb. 12. People in Asia and around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year on Friday with festivals, parades and temple visits to ask for blessings. This year marks the year of the ox, one of the 12 animals in the Chinese astrological chart.
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An Indian Chinese burns paper money as ritualistic offering to ancestors as they celebrate the first day of Chinese lunar new year at a temple in Kolkata, India, Friday, Feb. 12. People in Asia and around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year on Friday with festivals, parades and temple visits to ask for blessings. This year marks the year of the ox, one of the 12 animals in the Chinese astrological chart.
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A couple wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus lift their child wearing a new year costume as they visit to the capital city's popular shopping mall during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks.
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A man and a child put on their face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus after taken a souvenir photo near a Year of the Ox statue on display at the capital city's popular shopping mall during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks.
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A vendor wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus selling sugar-coated haws on a stick on her bicycle as worshippers offer prayers outside the closed Yonghegong Lama Temple during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks.
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Worshippers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 12, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac.
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Worshippers queue to pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 12, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac.
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Worshippers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, burn joss sticks as they pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 12, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac.
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Buddhist monks watch and wait to make an offering to performers with the JL Lion Dance Sports Association during a Lunar New Year celebration at Dao Quang Temple on Thursday, Feb. 11, in Garland, Texas. The celebration marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese calendar.
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A woman makes an offering to performers with the JL Lion Dance Sports Association during a Lunar New Year celebration at Dao Quang Temple on Thursday, Feb. 11, in Garland, Texas. The celebration marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese calendar.
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A worker disinfects the Thean Hou Temple during during first day of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, Feb. 12. The movement control order currently enforced across the country to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, has been extended to Feb. 18, effectively covering the Chinese New Year festival that falls on Feb. 12 this year.
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Chinese worshippers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak light incense sticks during the Lunar New Year's Eve celebration at a temple in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, late Thursday, Friday, Feb. 12.
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Chinese worshippers light incense sticks during the Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple in the Chinatown area of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 12.
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A Chinese worshipper wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak prays during the Lunar New Year celebrations at a temple in the Chinatown area of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb.12.
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A girl wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus holds incense sticks during a celebration of the Lunar New Year at a temple in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Friday, Feb. 12. The celebration marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese calendar.
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People pray during a celebration of the Lunar New Year at a temple in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Friday, Feb. 12. The celebration marks the Year of the Ox in the Chinese calendar.
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South Korean family members bow to respect for their ancestors in North Korea, on the Lunar New Year near the military barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 12.
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Illuminations light up Nelson's Column In Trafalgar Square with the words 'Happy New Year' in Chinese to mark the Chinese Lunar new year in London, Wednesday, Feb. 10. The Chinese New Year, which will be the Year of the Ox, will start on Friday Feb. 12, but due to the coronavirus pandemic many celebrations have been canceled.
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Illuminations light up Nelson's Column In Trafalgar Square with the words 'Happy New Year' in Chinese to mark the Chinese Lunar new year in London, Wednesday, Feb. 10. The Chinese New Year, which will be the Year of the Ox, will start on Friday Feb. 12, but due to the coronavirus pandemic many celebrations have been canceled.
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Lanterns hang across the street to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year in London, Thursday, Feb. 11. The Chinese New Year, which will be the Year of the Ox, will start on Friday Feb. 12, but due to the coronavirus pandemic many celebrations have been canceled.
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A man shows his traditional clothing as he walks through China Town in London, Thursday, Feb. 11. The Chinese New Year, which will be the Year of the Ox, will start on Friday Feb. 12, but due to the coronavirus pandemic many celebrations have been cancelled.
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Volunteers from the Korean-American Association of New Jersey hand out bags at an event celebrating the Lunar New Year in Palisades Park, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 11. Besides masks and hand sanitizer, the bags contain the ingredients for Dduk Guk, a rice cake soup that is traditionally eaten by Koreans to celebrate the new year.
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Volunteers from the Korean-American Association of New Jersey pack bags to give away at an event celebrating the Lunar New Year in Palisades Park, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 11. Besides masks and hand sanitizer, the bags contain the ingredients for Dduk Guk, a rice cake soup that is traditionally eaten by Koreans to celebrate the new year.
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Yoon Kim, center, along with other volunteers from the Korean-American Association of New Jersey, pack bags to give away at an event celebrating the Lunar New Year in Palisades Park, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 11. Besides masks and hand sanitizer, the bags contain the ingredients for Dduk Guk, a rice cake soup that is traditionally eaten by Koreans to celebrate the new year.
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Volunteers from the Korean-American Association of New Jersey pack bags to give away at an event celebrating the Lunar New Year in Palisades Park, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 11. Besides masks and hand sanitizer, the bags contain the ingredients for Dduk Guk, a rice cake soup that is traditionally eaten by Koreans to celebrate the new year.
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A woman wears a Chinese auspicious character patterned mask with "Fu (good fortune), Taurus Gives Money, and Kung Hei Fat Choi" to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 11. The Lunar New Year celebrations according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus looks at toys featuring Lunar New Year lion dancers on display at a subway station in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 10. China appeared to be on pace for a slower than normal Lunar New Year travel rush this year after authorities discouraged people from traveling over the holiday to help maintain the nation's control over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Residents, some wearing masks to protect from the coronavirus, past by an Ox themed Chinese New Year decorations on a closed newsstand in Beijing on Thursday, Feb. 11. China appeared to be on pace for a slower than normal Lunar New Year travel rush this year after authorities discouraged people from traveling over the holiday to help maintain the nation's control over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus takes a photo under red lanterns decorated along an alley in celebration of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 11. China appeared to be on pace for a slower than normal Lunar New Year travel rush this year after authorities discouraged people from traveling over the holiday to help maintain the nation's control over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Children wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus plays as masked visitors tour a hutong alley decorated with red lanterns for the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 11. China appeared to be on pace for a slower than normal Lunar New Year travel rush this year after authorities discouraged people from traveling over the holiday to help maintain the nation's control over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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A man wears a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus at the Amurva Bhumi temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 11.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus shop for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb 10. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they shop for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb 10. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they shop for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb 10. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus and go shopping for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at the Dihua Street market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb 10. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as they shop for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations at the Dihua Street market in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb 10. Taiwanese shoppers started hunting for delicacies, dried goods and other bargains at the market ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations which according to the lunar calendar will take place on Feb. 12.
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