Lunar New Year by Magnum Photographers The Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29 this year.

These photographs capture the pageantry and festivity of the most celebrated calendar event for many Asian cultures.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia The Chinese community celebrates the Chinese New Year, 1999. John Vink / Magnum Photos

PARIS Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown on Avenue d'Ivry, 1999. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

PARIS Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown on Avenue d'Ivry, 1999. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

PARIS Celebrating the Chinese New Year while waving a French flag, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

PARIS The Chinese New Year, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

PARIS The Chinese New Year, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

PARIS The Chinese New Year, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK A yellow lion during a Chinese New Year parade, 1996. Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK Locals set off firecrackers during a Chinese New Year celebration, 1996. Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK A Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown, 1993. Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum Photos

PARIS Chinese New Year celebrations on Avenue d'Ivry, 1994. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK A Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, 2000. Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum Photos

SAIGON, Vietnam Soldiers and the Chinese population celebrate the Chinese New Year in Cholon, or Chinatown, 1973. Rene Burri / Magnum Photos

PARIS A Chinese restaurant on Avenue d'Ivry, 1999. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

NEW YORK Members of a local martial arts group celebrate the Chinese New Year by performing the traditional Lion Dance at Sunset Park, Brooklyn, the "third Chinatown of New York City," 1993. Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum Photos

PARIS Members of the Chinese community celebrate the Chinese New Year, 1989. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

HONG KONG A crowd in front of a Buddhist temple in the Kowloon neighborhood during the Chinese New Year, 1987. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

SAIGON, Vietnam Cholon, or Chinatown, during the Chinese New Year, 1973. Rene Burri / Magnum Photos

SAIGON, Vietnam An incense offering during the Chinese New Year celebration in Cholon, Chinatown, 1973. Rene Burri / Magnum Photos

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Young Chinese rehearse for a Chinese New Year celebration ceremony, 1999. John Vink / Magnum Photos

PARIS A Chinese New Year parade on Avenue d'Ivry, 1999. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

YANJI, China In northern China, New Year holiday celebrations include a dance in which performers use stilts, 1981. Hiroji Kubota / Magnum Photos

DONG KY, Vietnam In the debris of a firecracker blast, young people in the village, known for fireworks production, celebrate the New Year's holiday of Tet, 1989. David Alan Harvey / Magnum Photos

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia The Chinese New Year in Cambodia, 1999. John Vink / Magnum Photos

SHANGHAI, China Children touch a vase for luck at the Jade Buddha Temple on New Year's Day, 1993. Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos

SHANGHAI, China New Year's fireworks, 1994. Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos

PARIS French residents of Indo-Chinese origin light incense at a Buddhist temple, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

HANOI, Vietnam Prayers for the upcoming year at a Buddhist temple during the New Year's celebration of Tet, 1989. David Alan Harvey / Magnum Photos

SHANGHAI, China Burning incense during a New Year's Day service at Jade Buddha Temple, 1993. Stuart Franklin / Magnum Photos

PARIS The Chinese New Year, 1998. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos

HANOI, Vietnam Tet, 1989. David Alan Harvey / Magnum Photos

WENZHOU, China New Year festivities, 2001. Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos