Lunar New Year celebrations.

Lunar New Year festivities in Australia have been scaled back or have moved online because of the pandemic Source: Supplied - Tet Lunar New Years Festival VIC.

Lunar New Year celebrations in Australia will adapt to the circumstances. From 12-26 February Asian communities in Australia -- including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Tibetan – will celebrate Lunar New Year. It is normally a huge celebration.

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Published 8 February 2021 6:18pm

Updated 15 August 2022 1:39pm

By Biwa Kwan, Ricky Kusumo

Presented by sri dean

Source: SBS

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Lunar New Year celebrations in Australia will adapt to the circumstances. From 12-26 February Asian communities in Australia -- including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Tibetan – will celebrate Lunar New Year. It is normally a huge celebration.

However, the impact of the pandemic restrictions and limits on gatherings have forced event organisers to improvise. What has been done to adapt to the new circumstances?