BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year.

Yemen’s glorious past stands in poignant contrast ... secular or religious rituals in temples, for medicinal purposes and as perfume.” Ancient incense burners are part of the exhibition ...

Her fragrant sticks are made by one of just a handful of traditional Japanese incense producers in Kyoto, which supplies Buddhist temples ... burning incense at the ancient Greek Orthodox ...

and the elements took their toll on the temple walls. The excavators found evidence of bird droppings, incense grease, soot from oil lamps, and more, caking the ancient inscriptions, Victoria ...

SINGAPORE - At the stroke of midnight on Chinese New Year, ethnic Chinese in places like Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan rush to be among the first to plant incense offerings at temples ...