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People set off firecrackers and watched lion dance in Manhattan's Chinatown to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on Monday.
More than 1.1 million public elementary and high school students took their first-ever Chinese New Year's Day off for the Year of the Monkey, thanks to years of eff ort by Chinese Americans to have it declared an offi cial school holiday.
Since 1996, CUCSSA has held 19 Chinese New Year galas. HEZI JIANG
Kids learn about the knowledge of monkey during the 2016 Chinese New Year Celebration event at Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto in Toronto, Canada, Feb 6, 2016.
Photo taken on Feb 6, 2016 from Weehawken of New Jersey, the United States, shows the fireworks over Manhattan of New York celebrating the Chinese lunar New Year.
A flash mob featuring a hundred performers in monkey costumes makes an appearance to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year in Times Square on Manhattan, New York, the United States, Feb 6, 2016.
With the Chinese Spring Festival holiday season of 2016 approaching, residents in Houston of the U.S. state of Texas, with or without Asian origin, have stepped up their expectations for the annual celebrations starting next Monday.
A musical show "My Dream, Chinese New Year 2016" is performed in Mexico to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey.
Photo taken on Feb 5, 2016 shows the official first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony of the Year of the Monkey Commemorative Forever Stamp at St. John's University Queens Campus in New York, the United States.
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