A cleaner cleans the floor under the red lanterns of Chinese New Year decorations at the Thean Hou Temple ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations, which marks the year of the rabbit, in Kuala Lumpur on January 3, 2023. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on January 11, 2023 shows members of a lion dance troupe practising on high poles ahead of celebrations for the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo)





A worker installs lanterns ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple in Jenjarom, Selangor, Malaysia on January 13, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





People walk through the Chinese Lunar New Year decorations at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple in Jenjarom, Selangor, Malaysia on January 13, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





David, 29, a student from Reunion Island, France, practises with a lion dance head outside Wan Seng Hang Dragon and Lion Arts, a traditional workshop which produces about three to four hundred lion heads a year and is one of the handful remaining in the country, in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia on January 14, 2023. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Reuters)





Lion dance heads in various states of construction are displayed from the bare frames to the fully painted and finished product for the camera, outside Wan Seng Hang Dragon and Lion Arts, in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia on January 14, 2023. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Reuters)





People are seen with Chinese Lunar New Year installation titled “Poetic Spring Garden”, an installation by Kwai Chai Hong at Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 16, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





Lunar New Year rabbit figures and decorative ornaments are on display at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, marks the transition of the Chinese zodiac sign from one animal to the next. 2023 sees in the Year of the Rabbit, which begins on January 22. In Chinese culture, the Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A woman shops for Pagoda Bamboo ahead of Lunar New Year at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





People shop for Lunar New Year decorations at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A woman shops for Lunar New Year decorations at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A woman hangs chinese art pieces on display at Kwai Chai Hong, a heritage revival back alley in Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A woman shops for Lunar New Year decorations at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





A woman shops for Lunar New Year decorations at Petaling Street, Chinatown on January 15, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





Divers perform the underwater lion dance at Aquaria KLCC ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 18, 2023. The Chinese lunar new year, or Spring Festival, marked on 22 January 2023, and also marks the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Mohd Firdaus/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Self-taught baker Keem Ooi, 53, paints on Year of the Rabbit cakes that she sells ahead of the Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Reuters)





Animal rights activists dressed up as rabbit carry signs that read “Ajinomoto Stop Animal Testing” as they protest outside Ajinomoto headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on January 20, 2023, ahead of Lunar New Year. Activists call for the end of Japanese food company testing on rabbits, dogs, pigs and other animals. (Photo by Arif Kartono/AFP Photo)





A couple take a selfie in front of lanterns decoration at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple on January 21, 2023 in Jenjarom, Selangor, Malaysia. Various rabbit-themed lanterns and decorations are on display at the annual Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple’s Lantern and Floral Festival. It is expected to be visited by thousands of people throughout its two-week inauguration, where visitors are able to admire this year’s centrepiece, a giant bunny lantern to mark the Year of the Rabbit, which begins on January 22. In Chinese culture, the Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)





Villagers prepare to toss yusheng or raw fish during a “Lo Hei” (“tossing up good fortune”) ceremony during the Lunar New Year's Eve celebration in Karak, Pahang, Malaysia on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)





A man holds a copy of the Koran during a protest in front of the Swedish embassy after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line burned a copy of the Koran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 27, 2023. (Photo by Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)