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Chinese New Year holidays around the world

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Gong Xi Fa Cai in 2014, the Year of the Horse .  Image: colourlovers.com Our planet is actually very beautiful with cultural diversity, so that we can see a variety of festive events from various tribal, ethnic, religious and cultural variety of nations, such as the Chinese New Year, Japanese New Year, Balinese New Year ( Nyepi ), or Thanks Giving and so on.  Although we do not participate we celebrate the significance of religion or culture of other nations, but the excitement and happiness that they feel, is a blessing for anyone. Openness between nations and respect each other will undoubtedly bring peace to all mankind. Year of the Snake was soon replaced with the Year of the Horse in the late 2014's. A line up of exciting New Year celebration events await. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the   Chinese calendar . The Chinese year 4712 begins on Jan. 31, 2014.