Chinese culture

BELGRADE - The Serbian-Chinese Culture Week will be held in Belgrade from April 13 to 19.

The opening day will be marked by two art exhibitions - photographs of the Spring Festival in China, and drawings by Tomislav Petrovic representing professions and crafts in China and Serbia.

The Chinese Lantern Festival, which fell on March 5 this year, marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities and is celebrated on the first full moon of the lunar year. Lanterns adorn the sky during the night, creating a magical atmosphere adding to the romance of the full moon.

A well wealthy couple in India raised as “one of their own” Tsunomon the monkey.

The luckiest monkey in the world has been part of the family for a few years and “his parents” decided to care for his future, once they are not around to take care of him.

Fireworks illuminated the skies across China as millions around Asia ushered in the Year of the Sheep on Feb. 19, kicking off festivities with an annual televised gala that got a thumbs down on social media for heavy Communist Party propaganda.
      

A set of 12 gold-plated animal head sculptures by China's Ai Weiwei sold for 2.8 million ($4.3 million, 3.8 million euros) at auction on Feb. 12, setting a new record for the dissident artist's work.
      
The 2010 work "Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads" led a contemporary art sale by auction house Philips in London.
      

Two siblings, aged 8 and 13, who were hurt in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Zevgolatio, near Corinth, remained in critical condition on Thursday, according to doctors.

The youngsters were at their home next door to the factory when the blast occurred on Monday.

Four people, including two children, were injured on Monday during an explosion at a fireworks factory in Zevgolatio.

The factory owner, aged 39, his two children, aged 11 and seven, and a 35-year-old employee suffered injuries in the blast.

The children suffered burns and were transferred to a hospital in Athens.