‘Buzzing’ Bangkok celebrates Chinese New Year with prayers and parties

Lion dancers perform at Kwang Tung shrine in Chinatown, Bangkok, on Feb 10. - PHOTO: AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): A riot of scarlet lanterns hung over the red-clothed crowds offering candles as they murmured prayers at a traditional temple in Bangkok to celebrate Lunar New Year.

Millions of Thai-Chinese marked the occasion with parties, family meals and visits to many of the shrines dotted around Chinatown.