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Topic: lunar new year

Swedish pop group ABBA has always been popular in Vietnam, with one song in particular holding particular poignancy (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Sergio Mendoza Hochmann / Gus Stewart)

The ABBA song that's huge in Vietnam

Hanh Nguyen
The Chinese New Year of Snake Figurine (Getty Images/Wokephoto17)

My mom owns her year of the snake traits

Nicholas Liu
Stanley 1913, Lululemon, Coach, and Kate Spade logos, over Chinese lanterns at a temple on Lunar New Years Eve (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cruel joke of Lunar New Year cash-ins

Kelly Pau
A Chinese chooses red underwear displayed in a shop on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai on February 3, 2011 (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Wearing red undies for Lunar New Year

Joy Saha
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The author, Natasha Steer, and her son in Phom Penh, Cambodia. (Courtesy of the author)

Travel and the joy of not playing safe

Natasha Steer
2023, Year OF The Cat/Rabbit (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why there is and isn't a Year of the Cat

Joy Saha, Hanh Nguyen
Chinese new year reunion dinner (Getty Images/twomeows)

Stock your pantry for Lunar New Year

Ashlie D. Stevens
A Lunar New Year Message From The Bidens (The White House)

Why the Bidens' holiday warmth matters

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Detail of the 'Spiral Pig' zodiac lantern by artist John Deng on February 01, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney Lunar Festival has evolved from a small community celebration in Chinatown 23 years ago and now attracts more than 1.3 million visitors from all over the world each year. (Getty/Cameron Spencer)

Lunar New Year: Feast for gods & family

Yangsze Choo
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