On Jan. 29, millions of people around the world welcomed the Year of the Snake. While the holiday originated in China, many ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Besides the Chinese New Year, the Qilin dance is also performed on such celebratory occasions as weddings, birthday parties, ...

Chinese New Year’ dawned on January 29, 2025. Celebrations, which will last for 15 days, are also known as the ‘Spring ...

While common threads run across cultures, each has its own traditions. For members of the local Vietnamese and Korean communities, the Lunar New Year is a time of celebration, family and food.

A new Sinhala-language book, Sunil Santhage Cinema Gee Pawatha (The Story of Sunil Santha’s Film Songs), published by the Sunil Santha Samajaya, is now available to the public. While numerous books ...

From Bhutan to Indonesia, the Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in many Asian countries. This year, Jan. 29 marked the beginning of the Year of the Snake. While common threads run across ...

Chinese New Year is widely celebrated among Chinese communities around the world. Steeped in tradition, its history in China dates back thousands of years and is widely regarded as being the ...

and our guests revealed some of their own New Year traditions. “My parents and a lot of my family were farmers, so this was the time they would have the chicken they’d been raising all year and it was ...

“It's always just been, like, my go to,” Ilagan said. Though she didn’t grow up celebrating the holiday, Ilagan has participated in Lunar New Year events at IU. “My favorite traditions here have been ...

Hawai'i's Asian American communities are ringing in the year of the snake, according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. The last year of the snake happened in 2013 ...