The Year of the Snake was celebrated at the annual Chinese Lunar New Year Gala, held at West Orange High School on Jan. 24.

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with ... [Hwawon Ceci Lee/Anadolu via Getty Images] ...

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

The performance to commemorate the Lunar New Year, originally slated to take place at Oroville’s Chinese Temple, was moved indoors because of the rain. The dancers climbed atop wooden benches ...

Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off on Feb. 1 with the Brooklyn Lunar New Year Celebration & Prosperity Street Festival in ...

More than a billion people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year. A traditional lion dance performance in Beijing on Wednesday.Credit...Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Supported by By Yan ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets ... line up to board high speed trains in Beijing during the travel rush for lunar new year celebrations (Getty Images) According to local media ...

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. Widely considered to be the most important event in the ...

Adam Gray/Reuters Dancers wearing lion costumes perform during a midnight Lunar New Year celebration in New York's Chinatown. Hwawon Ceci Lee/Anadolu via Getty Images Dancers perform a traditional ...