Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ... Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in ...

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of ...

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther ... the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals ...

The Year of the Snake has brought celebrations in Hawaiʻi and across Asia. It's also brought a lot of travel. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

As several Asian nations gear up to celebrate the lunar new year, families are preparing to partake in the unique traditions associated with the festival and welcome the year of the snake.

Wednesday marks the year of the wooden snake, a combination that hasn't happened ... the curator of learning and outreach at the Asia Society Museum in New York. " There are a lot of very ...

Companies have traditionally given staffers lai see packets on the first working day of the Lunar New Year As Hong Kong's ...