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New Delhi: On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities. In many Asian countries, it is a festival that is celebrated for several days. In diaspora The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days' off from work, from January 28th to February 4th. The Chinese New Year of 2026 falls on February 17th (Tuesday), and will last to February 21th. It is the Year The Vietnamese New Year celebration of Tet, short for Tet Nguyen Dan which means “festival of the first day”, is celebrated over three days as opposed to the traditional 15 of the Chinese New In the Chinese zodiac, each new year, according to the lunar calendar, is associated with one of 12 animals, and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake. Different regions in Asia may not follow the same Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more — begins on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts. Tourists wait to board a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station to return home for Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Shanghai on Jan 25, 2025. Photo by CFOTO/ Future Publishing via Getty Images. The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday). People born in the Years of the Snake including 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, and 2025 will experience their Zodiac Year of Birth (Ben Ming Nian). 2026 Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 17th and it is the Year of Horse. Pre-Chinese New Year Preparations and Activities (Jan. 7–Feb. 12, 2025) Jan. 7, 2025: Laba Festival. Some Chinese start to celebrate and prepare for Chinese New Year as early as day 8 of the 12 th month of the lunar calendar. This is a festival called Laba ( 腊八 Làbā /laa-baa/ '12th lunar month' + '8'), in the traditional sense, which The Chinese New Year is also a time when the annual zodiac sign changes, meaning that each year is assigned to a specific zodiac animal. Zodiac signs play an integral role in Chinese culture. It is said that your luck regarding financial situations, health and relationships for each year can be calculated based on your zodiac sign. The Lunar New Year event will help kick off 2025 in style. The Year of the Snake begins January 29, and the celebration in-game always falls at the same time. If we’re assuming that Overwatch 2 will maintain its nine-week long season schedule, then we can expect the Lunar New Year event to happen right in the middle of Season 14. The three These skins are normally a festive spin on Chinese New Year and the broader Chinese culture. At the time of writing, the game contains 42 Overwatch Lunar New Year skins, split between Legendary and Epic tiers. The Year of the Dragon is here, featuring the return of fan-favorite Mischief and Magic prop hunt, past Lunar New Year game modes, new rewards, and all new skins in the shop. Read on to discover what adventures and rewards await when you log onto Overwatch 2. Prop Hunt Returns Here are all the game events you should check out during Chinese New Year! Chinese New Year is fast approaching (January 29), and game developers are capitalising on the festive season to launch themed events and cosmetics for your favourite live-service games. Everywhere you look, there are cosmetics, limited-time game modes, and all sorts of NetEase Games teased a Lunar New Year event in Marvel Rivals with new cosmetics and a new mode that looks remarkably similar to Overwatch’s Lúcioball. The event starts this week and comes with The Overwatch holiday comic made Tracer’s sexuality canon, but it also put Winston’s intense loneliness on display.Now, as part of the in-game Lunar New Year celebration called “Year of the Chinese New Year in 2025 starts on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and lasts until the Lantern Festival on Feb. 12. The Lunar New Year is an annual seasonal event. The event is based on the real life Lunar New Year festival celebrated in several Asian countries, especially China. This event has exclusive cosmetics. Each event is named after the associated animal in Chinese zodiac. 2017: January 24 to February 13 (Year of the Rooster) 2018: January 8 to March 5 (Year of the Dog) 2019: January 24 to February The Jan. 24 start date comes four days before the official Chinese New Year celebration -- which, for 2017, ushers in the Year of the Rooster -- on Jan. 28. Hence the event's name: "Year of the The three While Overwatch is no longer receiving seasonal events, ongoing Anniversary Remix events are allowing players to purchase event-exclusive skins from past years, including Lunar New Year skins.All For Overwatch on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Overwatch Chinese New Year event announced!"
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