Lunar New Year 2022: What is the Year of the Tiger and what does it symbolise?
The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, is being celebrated worldwide, with dances, music, fun and festivities to mark the end Year of the Ox and the start of the Year of the Tiger
Lunar New Year 2022
On Tuesday (February 1), the Lunar New Year is being celebrated worldwide, with festivities still underway and can often last for up to 15 days.
The Lunar New Year, which is also known as the Chinese New Year is celebrated as the Spring Festival in China and by the Asian diaspora.
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What does Year of the Tiger symbolise?
The Tiger is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese calendar and The Year of the Tiger is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol.
People born during a Tiger Year are said to be natural leaders who are adventurous, courageous, energetic.
This is a year of the Water Tiger and the water tiger represents kindness, gentleness, and smartness as water signs are calm in nature.
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Celebration in Washington, DC
In this image, visitors are walking through a display of winter lanterns at the REACH at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
The REACH was decorated with approximately 100 lanterns to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
New Yorkers also celebrated the Lunar New Year in Chinatown. The annual celebration marks two years since the downtown neighbourhood started feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Year of the Tiger - it shows us the strength, the resiliency and the endurance as we move through COVID-19, as we move through crime, as we open our economy," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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