Lunar New Year Traditions

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Lunar New Year is marked across many countries and communities, and the customs differ more than outsiders tend to assume. What is standard in one region is unknown a few hundred miles away. Draw one and read about where it comes from before adopting it. Thirty-three practices spanning Chinese New Year, Vietnamese Tet and Korean Seollal: the cleaning, the food, the money and the bowing. Families teaching children about the festival find a daily draw across the fortnight works better than one long explanation.