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Jan 25th, 2012
(Reuters) - Residents, dressed in traditional opera costumes, walk past a farm as they perform a religious ceremony to pray for good harvest on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, at a village in Wuhu, Anhui province, January 25, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: AGRICULTURE RELIGION SOCIETY) -
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