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Before flying to Rome to celebrate the New Year, Depardieu gave an interview to Le Monde in which he seemed to be joking about having asked Putin for Russian citizenship.
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Drawing on dances from other cities demonstrated to them by visiting sailors, the people of Miura began the tradition of Chakkirako to celebrate the New Year and bring fortune and a bountiful catch of fish in the months to come.
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The first breakout happened as guards were preparing to celebrate on New Year's Eve.
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To celebrate Chinese New Year, Hong Kong launched a spectacular temporary theater made entirely from bamboo.
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When I was growing up in Central California, which is home to a large population of immigrants from Southeast Asia, thousands would gather to celebrate Hmong New Year.
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Fireworks are traditionally set off in China to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which is just over a week away.
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With the country set to celebrate its lunar new year festival in early February, companies have already started scaling back production and tens of millions of workers have begun their annual mass migration from their factories and city jobs back to their rural homes.
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As you and your families come together to celebrate Nowruz, I want to extend my best wishes on this new spring and new year.
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So, with that I invite you to kick back and celebrate the conclusion of the first few days of work in the new year, and get excited for a crazy week to come.
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So, as we celebrate the 200th birthday of Louis Braille, we lift a glass at the New Year to thank him for the ingenuity, the confidence and the determination that ensured that others like him sought and gained independence, equality and dignity.
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