Millions to ring in Lunar New Year across Australia

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The powerful dragon gives way to the wise snake as Australians mark the start of the Lunar New Year period in some of its biggest celebrations outside Asia. Nationwide events celebrating the start of the Year of the Snake run from Wednesday until February 12, when a full moon appears. The event is celebrated in several countries such as South Korea, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Vision courtesy: AAP

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00:00The powerful dragon gives way to the wise snake, as Australians mark the start of the

00:06Lunar New Year period in some of its biggest celebrations outside Asia.

00:11Nationwide events celebrating the start of the Year of the Snake run from Wednesday until

00:16February 12th, when a full moon appears.

00:19The event is celebrated in several countries such as South Korea, China, Vietnam, Malaysia

00:24and Indonesia.

00:27The City of Sydney's long-standing festival, centred on the Chinatown district and running

00:31for 19 days, is one of the largest outside Asia, while Melbourne's Fed Square will host

00:36events on February 9th.

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