Wrapped cakes of glutinous rice, green beans and pork belly have been a Lunar New Year speciality in Vietnam for centuries.

Vietnam’s Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations have been passed down through generations as families across the nation maintain centuries-old customs that mark the country’s most important annual holiday.

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This week’s new moon, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, will signal the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which is this year called the "Year of the Snake."

As the week-long holiday approaches, shoppers bustled through the market in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, picking up essentials for the celebrations. (AP video shot by Hau Dinh)

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While Lunar New Year’s legislatively recognized holiday status in Washington is recent, some local groups have celebrated the holiday for decades. Here’s what’s going on this year.

Residents of Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh were gearing up on Monday to celebrate Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China and Tet in Vietnam, falls on 29 January,

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Tết in Seattle, now in its 29th year, is "a time when we celebrate our ancestors, to wish them good luck, and we ring in the new year to get good luck.”

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

The Lunar New Year begins Wednesday, but celebrations around the area are spread over multiple weeks, making it easier to find street parades, lion dances, concerts, family-friendly performances, night markets and new beers.