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Asia greets Lunar New Year
Updated: 2011-01-29 21:48
(Agencies)
A participant performs during the first lion dance competition held to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year in Manila Jan 29, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
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Performers dressed as Chinese Fortune Gods dance during a flash mob in the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore Jan 29, 2011. Sixty Fortune Gods from the Resorts World Sentosa casino performed the dance to mark the festive Lunar New Year which begins on Feb 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. [Photo/Agencies]
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