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Lunar New Year celebrations will be held around Australia in the coming days as Chinese and other Asian communities get ready to welcome the year of the snake. You may have noticed red lanterns, stickers, and Chinese knots popping up across the country — that’s all in celebration of Lunar New Year, which falls on January 29 this year. Lunar New Year, or Spring festival, has increasingly grown beyond its roots, becoming a celebration embraced not just by Asian communities but by people around the Lunar New Year Street Festival 2025 - Year of the Snake. Chippendale. Children & family. Chinese Lunar New Year . 14 Feb 2025. MUSIC & PERFORMANCE. See more events. The Perth Chinese New Year Fair is back Sunday 2 February to celebrate the Year of the Snake with a series of special events. The popular community event promises a captivating array of cultural experiences and festivities - attendees can immerse themselves in traditional arts and crafts, and see colourful cultural performances, including the highly anticipated lion and dragon dances. Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is a major festival celebrated at the beginning of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. Thought to have originated in ancient China around 3,500 years ago, it is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture, marking the end of winter and the beginning of the new year. 2025 is the year of the Snake, starting from January 29th, 2025 (Chinese Lunar New Year Day) and lasting until February 16, 2026. If you were born in 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Snake. As a large community of Chinese-Australians living in New South Wales, Sydneysiders love celebrating Chinese New Year each year. Lunar New Year will occur on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. It is a time to come together to celebrate the Year of the Snake, immerse yourself in multicultural traditions, and embrace the joy and Lunar New Year is a major celebration in many parts of Asia, and it has become more significant in Australia which has a sizable Chinese and Asian population. Also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, Lunar New Year is not a public holiday in Australia, but it is becoming more widely observed with decorations and community activities The Year of the Snake officially starts on 29 January 2025. Find the best events and dining specials during Lunar New Year 2025, then plan year-round fun in Chinatown. Many Australians celebrate Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year. It marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar. Is Lunar New Year a Public Holiday? Lunar New Year 2025 is a state holiday in Christmas Island and an observance in 10 territories. Chinese Lion Dancing for Lunar New Year in Perth Special Lunar New Year Events. The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple Western Australia will hold a month-long lantern festival from 23 January to 21 February, a New Year Eve and New Year Morning chanting service on 28 and 29 January, and a New Year Thousand Buddhas Dharma Service on 29 Janaury and 2 February. Lunar New Year Gifts Social identities and multicultural narratives. In the same way that Lunar New Year is a cultural site and ritual process by which ‘Chineseness’ is explored and reconstructed among Chinese-Australians, Footnote 69 the festival has created an opportunity for cities like Sydney to draft a multicultural sense of self. Make a Chinese Drum. Celebrate the incoming Lunar New Year by getting crafty at the Adelaide City Library, where you'll learn to make a Chinese drum. When: Wednesday 29 January, 11:30am - 12:30pm. Where: Adelaide City Library. Cost: Free. Register here. Her Majesty's Theatre Lunar New Year Concert Find out on what day the Chinese New Year will be in 2025 in Australia. Calendar for the whole year, calendar for any month, lunar calendar, printable calendar. Save this event: 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Sydney Town hall！2025澳中慈善中国年•新春庆典 Share this event: 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Sydney Town hall！2025澳中慈善中国年•新春庆典 Save this event: 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Sydney Town hall！2025澳中慈善中国年•新春庆典 Save this event: 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration at the Sydney Town hall！2025澳中慈善中国年•新春庆典 Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival) is an important holiday celebrated in China and by the Chinese diaspora all around the world. Other cultures also follow the Lunar New Year calendar, including Korean New Year and Vietnamese New Year. What is the Lunar New Year? A celebration for many cultures in Sydney, including the city’s Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian and Korean communities, this year's Lunar New Year falls on 29 January, with the city hosting an exciting number of events from 29 January – 16 February. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is now an entrenched part of Australian culture. Sydney’s version, for instance, is said to be the largest celebration of its type outside Asia. Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival other state capital cities in Australia also celebrate Chinese New Year due to the large number of Chinese residents in
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