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New Year's Celebrations Across Asia
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A traditional artist troupe performs in front of the city hall during the first day of water festival to mark Thingyan, Burma's traditional new year in Rangoon, Burma. (AP)
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Elephants spray tourists with water in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, during Songkran, the water festival that marks the start of Thailand's traditional New Year. (Reuters)
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Sri Lankan army officers play a game involving raw eggs as they celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 10, 2012. (AP)
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A girl dressed as a snake charmer participates in New Year celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 13, 2012. (AP)