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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Lion Dance

   The shimmering, frolicking Lion Dance banishes last year's troubles and welcomes the new year's p...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Chinese Calligraphy

   Chinese calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters with a brush. Calligraphers have to ...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Cambodia's 'Lion Fighters'

   The 'Lion Fighters' rise again as Cambodia's ancient martial art of bokator is revived after cent...

   Cambodia AFP/Seth Meixner

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Introduction

   Hiss! and "Pop!" snap the firecrackers! "Boom!" says the drum to the Lion Dancer. Chinese New Yea...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Lantern Festival

   Chinese New Year ends with the Lantern Festival, when bright paper lanterns help the full moon li...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - A New Year's Legend

   One New Year's eve, local bandits played a trick on a nearby village. Using bamboo and scraps of ...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Parades

   On the Champs Elysées in Paris, on Singapore's Orchard Road, and on Canal Street in New York Cit...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Flowers & Plants

   To bring the sweet scent of spring inside, families visit the flower market on the day before the...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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   Celebrating Chinese New Year - Fruit

   Families and friends carry bright oranges, leafy tangerines and golden pomelos when they stop to ...

   China Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - Eating Together

    New Year's feasting begins on New Year's eve. In northern China, families gather at kitchen table...

    China Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - Tray of Happiness

    A tray full of happiness sits by the door, ready to share with visitors. Sweet dried fruits like ...

    China Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - Red Envelopes

    Children's pockets bulge with a windfall of shiny, red envelopes. Each envelope is a gift; the gl...

    China Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - New Year's Traditions

    For a fresh start in the new year, families spend the last days of the old year sweeping floors, ...

    China Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - Firecrackers

    To scare away the terrible Nian, the daring villagers lit hissing, popping firecrackers. Now the ...

    China / Taiwan Tricia Morrissey

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    Celebrating Chinese New Year - Brush Painting

    Chinese brush paintings decorate each page of this book. If you look closely, you will see the pa...

    China Tricia Morrissey

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    A Cultural Odyssey

    A story told with photos.

    Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

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    Water Puppet Performance: The Program

    A water pond framed by a gold filigreed pagoda is visible as the audience enters the space, as is...

    Vietnam Lisa Spivey/Albert Wen

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    Disappearing in the Discos of Chiang Mai

    What man would not be a dancer if he could, said the judge. It's a great thing, the dance. -- Cor...

    Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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    Water Puppetry in Vietnam: Better than the Muppets

    Puppetry has a long and varied history that spans the globe, but only in Vietnam do puppets slice...

    Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

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    Bali Serendipity

    In this village called Secardadi, I am photographing gateways - the rows of big and colourful por...

    Indonesia Tom Cockrem

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