The 2011 Year of the Rabbit

Manny Tangco feeds a tiger cub with warm milk while surrounded by rabbits in preparation for the 2011 Year of the Rabbit at the Malabon zoo, north of Manila December 28, 2010. The year 2010 is the year of the tiger on the Chinese zodiac calendar, and the year 2011 will be the year of the rabbit, which begins on February 3, 2011.




Zoo owner Manny Tangco (C) holds up a rabbit and a tiger cub while surrounded by local children at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, in northern Metro Manila on December 28, 2010 to illustrate the shift from the 'Year of the Tiger' to the 'Year of the Rabbit'. China and many other parts of Asia will celebrate the start of the 'Year of the Rabbit' at Lunar New Year in early February 2011, in accordance with the Chinese calendar that works on a 12-year cycle.



Zoo owner Manny Tangco (C) holds up a rabbit and a tiger cub while surrounded by local children at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, in northern Metro Manila on December 28, 2010 to illustrate the shift from the 'Year of the Tiger' to the 'Year of the Rabbit'. China and many other parts of Asia will celebrate the start of the 'Year of the Rabbit' at Lunar New Year in early February 2011, in accordance with the Chinese calendar that works on a 12-year cycle.


source: Daylife
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