In Beijing, the Lunar New Year has been a bigger preoccupation for many residents, while others have gone back to their hometowns for the holiday.
Tag: Holidays and Special Occasions
Omicron Surge in Asia Restricts Travel for Lunar New Year
The Omicron variant has dampened the plans of tens of millions of people across several Asian countries to travel for the holiday.
Años Viejos: Torching the Old Year to Toast the New One
In parts of Latin America, the traditional burning of rag dolls was used to symbolically banish the woes of the year gone by. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see TV hosts and ex-presidents going up in flames.
Many African Countries Toughen Covid Restrictions as Fourth Wave Spreads
Infections have more than doubled or tripled in many countries, prompting the authorities to reimpose curfews and quarantines and introduce vaccine mandates as the holiday season gets underway.
A Quieter Christmas for Queen Elizabeth II as Covid Persists
The 95-year-old monarch is spending the holiday at Windsor Castle instead of Sandringham, her English country estate.
It’s a Christmas Sweater on a T. Rex: You Sure You Want to Call It Ugly?
The Natural History Museum in London outfitted its animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex in a colorful Christmas sweater.
U.S. Lifts Travel Ban for Vaccinated Foreigners
The change ends more than 18 months of restrictions that left families separated from loved ones and cost the global travel industry hundreds of billions of dollars.
What Is Day of the Dead and How Is the Mexican Holiday Celebrated?
Popularized globally by Hollywood in films like “Coco” and the James Bond franchise, Día de Muertos is a centuries-old tradition that has roots in Indigenous culture.
South Korea to Start Vaccine Boosters Amid Surge in Covid Cases
The country has seen a spike in infections after Chuseok, a three-day holiday celebrating the fall harvest.
After Bodies Are Found, Some Say Canada Day Is Nothing to Celebrate
Heeding calls from Indigenous people, some places have canceled plans to mark the holiday, after hundreds of children’s remains were discovered at former boarding schools for Indigenous children.