Lunar New Year: De-Graft joins celebrations taking place in Manchester | Newsround

#Newsround #lunarnewyear #lunarnewyear2024 Welcome to the official BBC Newsround YouTube channel. Subscribe here ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ For daily news bulletins visit BBC iPlayer ➡️ For many people around the world, the new year didn’t start on the 1 January, but instead on 10 February - which marks Lunar New Year. It is celebrated in many East and South East Asian countries, with special events taking place the evening before. It is also known as the Spring Festival in China and lasts fifteen days. De-Graft went to go check out some of the festivities in Manchester over the weekend. Please visit for tips about what to do if you are feeling sad about what you’ve seen, heard or read. We have everything for an inquisitive mind – do you want to know what’s going on in the world? Complex stories explained in a way that makes sense to you? Well, you’re in the right place!