Watch spectacular pics of Chinese New Year across the world

New Delhi: Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.Last Friday saw the start of the Chinese new year and millions of people around the world are celebrating it with joy. New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.Here are some pics of the celebration from around the world Dragon and lion dancers perform inside the trading floor of the Philippine Stocks Exchange during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations. Firecrackers explode as dragon and lion dancers perform in front of a grocery store in celebration of Chinese New Year at Manila's Chinatown district of Binondo, Philippines. People try to touch the dragon puppet during a parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday. According to tradition, touching the dragon brings good luck A dragon puppet hangs beside a barricade as spectators wait for the Chinatown New Year Parade and Festival to begin in New York People perform in the Lions Parade on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the year of the horse in Buenos Aires, Argentina. People try to touch a dragon puppet on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the year of the horse, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Performers greet the crowds during the Chinatown New Year Parade and Festival, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in New York. Lion dancers perform during the Asian Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival, in Roosevelt Park, in New York's Chinatown. Chinese New Year decorations with a golden horse are displayed at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbour to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Hong Kong.