Across the world, hundreds of millions of people are welcoming the Year of the Snake as they celebrate the Lunar New Year with fireworks, family time and festive dances. In north and Southeast Asia, from China to Indonesia,

Asian American communities around the U.S. and around the world are ringing in the Year of the Snake Wednesday, including in City. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival,

Celebrities like Simu Liu, Michelle Yeoh and Sarah Michelle Gellar rang in the 2025 Lunar New Year on Jan. 29, which ushered in the Year of the Snake. See how they celebrated here

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring and the new year on something called the lunisolar calendar. That's a type of calendar historically used in China that uses the moon and the sun to determine dates.

To welcome the year of the snake, Tet Fest celebrates with authentic food, music and dances. From Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the Mary Queen of Vietnam Church in the Village de L'Est of New Orleans East, the state's largest Vietnamese community, transforms into a culinary wonderland, offering traditional fare like pandan waffles and pho.

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases.   The lunar new year starts with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends on the first full moon,

Chinese metaphysics consultant Vicki Iskandar tells PEOPLE exclusively what the Wood Snake will bring in 2025 and if it will differ from the Wood Dragon in 2024

New York City's acclaimed all Asian American Pacific Islander sketch comedy team will celebrate Lunar New Year with a night of snake-filled sketch comedy, music, special guests, drink specials and Asian treats at Caveat. Guests are encouraged to dress festively in red and gold clothing. Grab tickets here!

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

Many Chinese who work in bigger cities return home during the eight-day national holiday in what is described as the world's biggest annual movement of humanity.