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Mexicans Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year Residents of Mexico City, capital of Mexico, rush to touch an artificial lion at a cultural performance held at the China Street in down town Mexico City, January 27, 2001. Various kinds of traditional Chinese activities such as martial arts and dancing lion were held to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival. |  |
Ethnic Yis Celebrate Spring Festival Ethnic Yi women play tug-of-war with tourists in Shilin county, southwest China's Yunan province at the Spring Festival break. Various kinds of traditional athletic activities have been held in the ethnic minority area during the traditional festival, also known as China's Lunar New Year. |  |
Lion Dancers Perform during Chinese New Year CelebrationsLion dancers perform for a crowd during Chinese New Year celebrations at a Beijing street fair January 28, 2001. The Lunar New Year, which is the most important holiday in China, officially lasts seven days, though traditional celebrations usually continue for 15 days. |  |
People Searching for Bodies in Massive Earthquake Wreckage People search for bodies in the wreckage of a car crushed by the rubble of a house in the western Indian city of Bhuj on January 28, 2001. The massive earthquake, which struck the western Indian state of Gujarat on Friday, is estimated to have killed 15,000 people and injured many thousands. |  |
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