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    Lunar New Year 2024: Five things you may not know about the Festival

    by Joe Sommerlad Feb 12, 2024 3 minutes
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    China celebrates its Lunar New Year on Saturday 10 February, marking the start of the Spring Festival.

    The occasion is also observed in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines as well as in Chinese communities in major cities across the world, not least in London’s West End, the biggest gathering of revellers outside of Asia.

    A lunar year charts 12 complete cycles of the moon and lasts approximately 354 days, as opposed to our western solar year, which lasts 365 days in accordance with the

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