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Clear filtersLe Tet - the Vietnamese lunar new year, when the first person to cross into the new year decides the fortune of the house
Le Tet, Tet Nguyen Da, is the Vietnamese lunar new year, observed over five days with a peach tree, banh chung rice cakes, and a first-footing rule that makes who steps through the door first matter.
Lunar New Year - how the date moves, what it celebrates, and how it differs from country to country
Lunar New Year (Chunjie / Seollal / Tet) is the most widely observed non-fixed secular holiday in the world. The exact date moves each year on the Gregorian calendar; in 2026 it falls on February 17.
Seollal - the Korean lunar new year, three days of ancestral rites, tteokguk and returning to your ancestral hometown
Seollal is the Korean lunar new year, observed over three days in late January or February. It centres on ancestral rites, eating tteokguk, and the custom of returning to one's ancestral hometown - ibyeong - for the new year.
Tsagaan Sar - the Mongolian lunar new year, where the first morning of the year is greeted with a pinch of salt
Tsagaan Sar is the Mongolian lunar new year, marking the first day of the first month of the traditional Mongolian calendar. The celebration runs across the whole lunar month and centres on the Sun Moon and Khadag gifts given to elders.
Mardi Gras - Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the Carnival season before Lent
Mardi Gras (literally "Fat Tuesday" in French) is the pre-Lenten Carnival on the day before Ash Wednesday, observed worldwide with parades, masquerade balls, and rich traditional foods. The New Orleans tradition is the most famous in the US; Carnival is observed worldwide on the local Fat Tuesday.