PHILIPPINES LUNAR NEW YEAR

PHILIPPINES LUNAR NEW YEAR

epa03576238 A slow shutter speed effect shows Filipino dancers performing a Chinese Lion Dance as they mark the Chinese New Year in Chinatown in Manila, Philippines, 10 February 2013. Lucky charms, fortunetellers, symbols, firecrackers, and varieties of reds flood the streets of Chinatown in Manila days before the celebration of Chinese New Year. This Chinese New Year marks the Year of the Snake, the sixth of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. It is said to bestow mystery, intelligence and beauty on those born in a snake year. As a shedder of skin, the snake has brought major transformations to the world in past years, the Chinese astrologers said. Previous water snake years witnessed the Pearl Harbour attack in 1941, the falling of the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, and the attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN ☞ 국세청 근로자 연봉 첫 집계…상위 10%는 9천500만원 ☞ "싸이, 브라질에서도 통한다…'강남스타일' 인기"(종합) ☞ 설연휴 강추위에 서울 수도계량기 동파 24건 ☞ '멀티골' 손흥민 "어떤 팀도 이길 수 있다" ☞ < 2012년 대구 고용지표 개선율 전국 최고 >

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