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This broad name is used for New Year festivals such as Chinese New Year and Vietnamese Tết, whose dates follow traditional lunisolar calendars.

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Chinese New Year and Vietnamese Tết follow lunisolar calendars that coordinate lunar months with the solar year. Source: Chinese New Year ↗

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