Lantern Festival
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| Significance | Chinese New Year |
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| Dates | Sunday, February 5, 2023 |
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About Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. Usually falling in February or early March on the Gregorian calendar, it marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Week in pictures: 16 - 22 February 2019
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... People perform a fire dragon dance to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival on the last day of Lunar New Year celebrations in Meizhou, Guangdong province, China...
Week in pictures: 16 - 22 February 2019
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Source of news: bbc.com
Lantern Festival Photos
