Drums, cymbals and the noise of an enthralled crowd gave a cacophonous welcome to the Lunar New Year in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday.

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

YANGON: Chinese New Year is a vibrant and highly anticipated event in Myanmar, with Myanmar-born Chinese families across the country actively upholding their traditions.

A parade preluding the Lunar New Year made its way through Yangon’s Chinatown, with the 'Lion Dance' performers as the main attraction. The Chinese Lunar New Year will be celebrated on January 29, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake.

Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as fears over human trafficking reverberate across the country.

Hundreds of millions gathered across Asia to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, welcoming the Year of the Snake with firecrackers, incense, parades and feasts. The annual migration of

Lunar New Year tourists are flocking to Thailand. The holidaymakers, many from China, are expected to boost tourism, which has been struggling to recover from the pandemic.

Lunar New Year traditions vary greatly among countries or territories covered by Radio Free Asia and its affiliate, BenarNews. Most of China’s 1.4 billion people as well as Chinese communities around the world observe the Lunar New Year, known as Chunjie, or Spring Festival.

Drums, cymbals and the noise of an enthralled crowd gave a cacophonous welcome to the Lunar New Year in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday.

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. Widely considered to be the most important event in the year for many in Asia and some Asian communities worldwide, the Lunar New Year represents a fresh start for those who celebrate.