Celebrating New Year? This can make it more Amazing!

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 ORIGIN

There are two stories about the origin of New Year:-

 1st story- New Year wasn’t always celebrated on 1st Jan. The earliest New Year celebrations date back to about 4,000 years ago. At that time, the people of ancient Babylon began their New Year in March. They had an 11-day celebration at the beginning of Spring as the crops were being planted for the upcoming year.


2nd story- New Year on 1st January was declared by Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor. He declared 1st Jan as a national holiday after the name of the god Janus, the Roman God of doors and gates. Janus had two faces one looking forward and the other looking back.

FACTS

1.) North America- People celebrate New Year by gathering family and friends for parties. Sometimes, meals and spectacular firework displays are also on.

2.) Greece- a gold or silver coin is mixed in the cake called a Vasilopita. The person receiving the piece of cake with the coin is said to be lucky for the rest of the year.


3.) Spain- Here, they eat 12 grapes at the midnight of the New Year’s Eve to bring happiness in the whole year.

4.) Bolivia- Families hang small home-made dolls outside their homes to bring good luck.


5.) Japan- in the midnight, bells and gongs are made to sound so as to banish bad spirits.

6.) Dutch- People make bornfires in the street using Christmas trees.

7.) Portugal- Children go from home to home and sing for neighbours. They receive sweets and coins in return.

FIREWORKS

They are said to chase away evil spirits and bring good luck making a perfect way to start a new year !


Who celebrates first and who celebrates last?

If you want to celebrate the new year firstly in the world then you should visit the tiny pacific island nation of Kiribati. It is located in the world’s earliest time zone, so it is the first place on Earth to welcome a new year.


And for the last place is American samoa in the south pacific ocean.


Hope you all have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR with your friends and families safe with you.


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