In Pictures: Lantern Festival celebrations around the world

Decorative lanterns, glittering lights and folk performances. Chinese around the world celebrate the Lantern Festival on Monday (Feb 22), which marks the end of the traditional two-week period of celebrations of the Lunar New Year.

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Feb 22, 2016, 12:25 PM

People taking photos of a tree decorated with purple LED lights at the New Territories East Lunar New Year Carnival in Hong Kong, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Visitors looking at colourfully lighted ice sculptures at Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A Chinese girl viewing colourful ice sculptures at Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Two Chinese children are dressed up as 'Monkey King' for a folk art performance in rural Zhangjiakou city, China's Hebei province, on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A visitor taking a photo of a lights forming a display at a park in Taipei on the eve of the Lantern Festival on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People walking through an exhibition of lanterns in a square in Handan, in China's northern Hebei province, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Children posing for photographs next to a monkey-shaped lantern at a park in Taipei on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors riding a carousel at Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A performer spraying molten iron against a cold stone city wall to create sparks like fireworks in the rural Zhangjiakou city, China's Hebei province, on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A woman walking past lanterns at an exhibition of lanterns in a square in Handan, in China's northern Hebei province, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People looking at lanterns and traditional Fai Chun decorative messages in Po Tsui Park, Hong Kong, on Feb 20, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Chinese folk entertainers walking on stilts during a folk art performance event in rural Zhangjiakou city, China's Hebei province, on Feb 21, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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