Countries around the world have started ringing in the New Year.
In Japan, more than 100 guests were selected to ring a giant bell at Tokyo's largest Buddhist temple.
In a ritual called Joya no Kane, temple bells at Sensoji Buddhist temple are tolled 108 times to get rid of people's 108 vices and earthly desires in the previous year. The bells at Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo are tolled 108 times to mark a fresh start to the new year. In Thailand a spectacular fireworks display over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok marked the arrival of 2023, while in Myanmar, the normal four-hour curfew was suspended to allow residents in the country’s three biggest cities to celebrate New Year’s Eve.Many revellers in Asia wore rabbit ears as they celebrated the end of the year according to the modern Gregorian calendar. The lunar new year, or Chinese New Year, will be celebrated on February 4, heralding in the year of the rabbit.
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