Ringing In the New Year Across Many Cultures
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Molly Heston, above, dances with other girls during opening ceremonies of a pageant celebrating the Chinese New Year in February.
The Chinese Culture and Community Service Center organized the program, which was staged at Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. The year that began Feb. 7 was 4706, also known as the Year of the Rat.
On the Gregorian calendar followed in the West, the Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20, usually on the second new moon after the winter solstice. The celebration is sometimes called Spring Festival, as traditionally it looked ahead to planting season. The Year of the Ox, 4707, will begin Jan. 26.
