MelissaA
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Shilpa Karhik
New Year Celebrations Around The World
December 31st 2006 00:00
Here are some examples.
* The Thai New Year, Cambodian New Year and Lao New Year are celebrated from the 13th of April to the 15th of April. In Thailand, they celebrate by throwing water.
* The Punjabi New Year of 'Vaisakhi' occurs on 13 April and celebrates the harvest.
* The Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, occurs every year on the new moon of the first lunar month, and can fall anytime between the 21st of January and the 21st of February of the Gregorian Calendar.
Each year is symbolized by one of 12 animals and one of five elements, with the combinations of animals and elements cycling every 60 years. It is the most important Chinese holiday of the year. The animals assigned to years are as follows. Dog, Pig , Rooster, Dragon, Ox, Sheep, Horse, Rabbit, Snake, Monkey, Rat and Tiger, while the elements are Metal, Wood, Fire, Water and Earth.
* The Vietnamese New Year is 'Tet Nguyên Dán' which most of the time falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year.
* 'Rosh Hashanah' which in Hebrew stands for 'head of the year' occurs 163 days following Passover or Pesach. "New Year" is observed on the first of Tishri, when the year number increases by 1.
* In the Eastern Orthodox Church, New Year is on 14 January which equates to the 1st of January in the Julian Calendar.
Many Eastern Orthodox followers now follow both holidays - the Gregorian day celebrated as a civic holiday, and the Julian date as a religious holiday.
Eight of the biggest Eastern Orthodox Churches have adopted the Revised Julian calendar which combines both the civic and religious holidays as one. Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Syria and Turkey now celebrate the New Year on January 1st, while in Serbia, Jerusalem, Russia and Georgia, the Julian Calendar is still in use.
* In the Coptic Orthodox Church, 'Neyrouz' or the New Year, occurs on September the 11th in the Gregorian calendar between the years 1900 - 2099, with the exception of the year before Gregorian leap years, when Neyrouz occurs on 12 September.
* The Tibetan New Year is Losar and falls from January through March.
* The Islamic New Year occurs on 1 Muharram. Since the Muslim calendar is based on 12 lunar months amounting to about 354 days, the Gregorian date of this is about eleven days earlier each year. It is expected that in 2008 there will be two Muslim New Years.
* In Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese New Year falls In April when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya otherwise known as the 'House of Pisces', to the Mesha Rashiya or 'House of Aries'. Sri Lankans then begin celebrating their New Year known as 'Aluth Avurudhu' in Sinhala and 'Puththandu' in Tamil.
The timing of the new year New Year begins at the time determined by astrologers. They not only calculate the beginning of the new year but also the conclusion of the old. You might think that surely where one year ends another simply begins, but not so.
Here, there is a period of a few hours in between both years called the 'nona gathe' or neutral period during which no one works and all are expected to engage in religious activities.
* In Bengal, 'Pohela Baisakh', the Bengali New Year is celebrated on 14 April or 15 April in both Bangladesh and West Bengal.
* The Assyrian New Year, 'Rish Nissanu', occurs on 1 April.
* In the Bahá'í calendar, 'Naw-Rúz' ,the New Year occurs on the vernal equinox of the 21st of March.
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!
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Comment by Andrea
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Well, that all sounds good to me.
I might celebrate every single one!!!
Have a fantastic New Year's Eve, my friend, and I hope 2007 brings you everything you desire.
A.H.
Comment by MelissaA
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Will you be bringing out the grape juice tonight? ; )
Have a good one my friend! : )
Comment by Andrea
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I've got a bottle of 7% sparkling wine (and a bottle of fizzy strawberry to mix it with) just waiting for me to celebrate the beginning of 2007.
Have a couple of 'proper' drinks for me, won't you.
A. xx
Comment by MelissaA
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Enjoy your beverage!
Comment by Ragin Cajun
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Death By Myopia
Anyway, hope you have a good New Year.
Comment by MelissaA
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