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Hopefully this New Year  i don.t regret anything that i do and i wish the best

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This is a Fire work show in japan. Unlike America how we have a ball drop their traditional event is a firework show to signal the New Year

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Japan New Year Fireworks 2020 | New Year Celebration in Japan 2020

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Several parts in India celebrate New Year 2020

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New Year's Card Design Of The Year 2020 It Is Written In Japan ... 878 × 1300 - 152k - jpg 123rf.com

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What I learned from the past is people  cant make you miserable only you can . Other people cant be an obstacle only you are your obstacle.

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On Tuesday morning December 31st, Iraqi supporters of Kataib Hezbollah begin storming the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The violence escalates, with militia members attempting to enter the embassy, starting fires and damaging the outside and a reception area of the embassy.
Why did i choose this is beacuse this almost lead to a world war that needs to be avoided at all cost.

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traditional food in japan for new year - Google Search

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19 Dishes You Can Find in Traditional Japanese New Year Food ... 750 × 400 - 60k - jpg tsunagujapan.com

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There are 5 traditional foods to be eaten on New Years Eve and New Years.
. Onion Pakoras
. Murgh Malai kebabs
.Chingri Malai kari
.Hyderabadi Aubergines
.Banna pistachio pops

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The most common tradition new year food in japan is ( Osechi Ryori ) A Bento box that has different side dishes that each have a meaning happiness ,  fortune, scholar ship , and Fertility

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New years or ( Novim Godo ). Russia actually celebrate two New  years. New years and “Old” New Year. Old New Year is celebrated on January 14th according to the Julian, or Orthodox, calendar.   This celebration is the smaller of the two New Year’s holiday.
To celebrate New years many Russians attend concerts or fire work shows the largest being red square.

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New years originated thousands of years ago in ancient Babylon ,but instead of the Ball Drop  many cultures used the Moon ,and Sun to decide the first day ,and was celebrated for eleven days of festivities. It became  famously known in the Julius Calendar in Rome. Julius had to add an extra 90 days to the Roman year to fit it in . It slowly was adopted to the Christine and Catholic practice but more religious with January 1st being the first day of the year by pope Gregory Xlll in 1582

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Table of Contents

1. Ancient New Year's Celebrations

2. <a href="https://www.history.com/news/5-ancient-new-years-celebrations"></a>January 1 Becomes New Year's Day

3. New Year's Traditions and Celebrations Around the World

Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year's festivities begin on December 31 (New Year's Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year's Day). Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year's foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays.

Ancient New Year's Celebrations

The earliest recorded festivities in honor of a new year's arrival date back some 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. For the Babylonians, the first new moon following the vernal equinox-the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness-heralded the start of a new year. They marked the occasion with a massive religious festival called Akitu (derived from the Sumerian word for barley, which was cut in the spring) that involved a different ritual on each of its 11 days.

In addition to the new year, Atiku celebrated the mythical victory of the Babylonian sky god Marduk over the evil sea goddess Tiamat and served an important political purpose: It was during this time that a new king was crowned or that the current ruler's divine mandate was symbolically renewed.

Did you know? In order to realign the Roman calendar with the sun, Julius Caesar had to add 90 extra days to the year 46 B.C. when he introduced his new Julian calendar.

Throughout antiquity, civilizations around the world developed increasingly sophisticated calendars, typically pinning the first day of the year to an agricultural or astronomical event. In Egypt, for instance, the year began with the annual flooding of the Nile, which coincided with the rising of the star Sirius. The first day of the Lunar New Year, meanwhile, occurred with the second new moon after the winter solstice.

January 1 Becomes New Year's Day

The early Roman calendar consisted of 10 months and 304 days, with each new year beginning at the vernal equinox; according to tradition, it was created by Romulus, the founder of Rome, in the eighth century B.C. A later king, Numa Pompilius, is credited with adding the months of Januarius and Februarius.

Over the centuries, the calendar fell out of sync with the sun, and in 46 B.C. the emperor Julius Caesar decided to solve the problem by consulting with the most prominent astronomers and mathematicians of his time. He introduced the Julian calendar, which closely resembles the more modern Gregorian calendar that most countries around the world use today.

As part of his reform, Caesar instituted January 1 as the first day of the year, partly to honor the month's namesake: Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, whose two faces allowed him to look back into the past and forward into the future. Romans celebrated by offering sacrifices to Janus, exchanging gifts with one another, decorating their homes with laurel branches and attending raucous parties.

In medieval Europe, Christian leaders temporarily replaced January 1 as the first of the year with days carrying more religious significance, such as December 25 (the anniversary of Jesus' birth) and March 25 (the Feast of the Annunciation); Pope Gregory XIII reestablished January 1 as New Year's Day in 1582.

New Year's Traditions and Celebrations Around the World

In many countries, New Year's celebrations begin on the evening of December 31-New Year's Eve-and continue into the early hours of January 1. Revelers often enjoy meals and snacks thought to bestow good luck for the coming year. In Spain and several other Spanish-speaking countries, people bolt down a dozen grapes-symbolizing their hopes for the months ahead-right before midnight.

In many parts of the world, traditional New Year's dishes feature legumes, which are thought to resemble coins and herald future financial success; examples include lentils in Italy and black-eyed peas in the southern United States. Because pigs represent progress and prosperity in some cultures, pork appears on the New Year's Eve table in Cuba, Austria, Hungary, Portugal and other countries. Ring-shaped cakes and pastries, a sign that the year has come full circle, round out the feast in the Netherlands, Mexico, Greece and elsewhere. In Sweden and Norway, meanwhile, rice pudding with an almond hidden inside is served on New Year's Eve; it is said that whoever finds the nut can expect 12 months of good fortune.

Other customs that are common worldwide include watching fireworks and singing songs to welcome the new year, including the ever-popular "Auld Lang Syne" in many English-speaking countries. The practice of making resolutions for the new year is thought to have first caught on among the ancient Babylonians, who made promises in order to earn the favor of the gods and start the year off on the right foot. (They would reportedly vow to pay off debts and return borrowed farm equipment.)

In the United States, the most iconic New Year's tradition is the dropping of a giant ball in New York City's Times Square at the stroke of midnight. Millions of people around the world watch the event, which has taken place almost every year since 1907. Over time, the ball itself has ballooned from a 700-pound iron-and-wood orb to a brightly patterned sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing in at nearly 12,000 pounds. Various towns and cities across America have developed their own versions of the Times Square ritual, organizing public drops of items ranging from pickles (Dillsburg, Pennsylvania) to possums (Tallapoosa, Georgia) at midnight on New Year's Eve.

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Most New Year's festivities begin on December 31 (New Year's Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year's Day). Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year's foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays.

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( Ugadi ) The beginning of a new age or New years. India celebrates Ugadi with the lunar calendar during March/April for Hindus of Maharashtra . Most festivals of  Ugadi are celebrated on different days and each have different meanings.( Holi ) is an ancient festival of colors. In spring people gather on streets to paint each other with dry colored powder to celebrate the New Year ( Baisakhi ) is Celebrated on 14th of April. This is an important festival for the founding of the Sikh community in 1699 and was originally a harvest festival across North India.
( Puthandu )
is celebrated on April 14th and is Tamil New Year . Houses are decorated with patterns called               ( Kolams ) with a lamp placed in the center to eradicate darkness.
(Bohag Bihu) is celebrated in Assam each year across and the start of spring and is celebrated with feasting , dancing, Folk songs , The preparation of paddy fields , and worshipping cows.

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New years or ( Shogatsu Or Oshogatsu ) is one of the most important holidays in Japan. Every year at the stroke of midnight the Buddhist Temples all over japan ring their temple bells for 108 time to represent the human desire. On the first days of the new years people head out for hatsumonde ( the first shrine vist ) to pray or make wishes . Japan did not use to celebrate ( Shogatsu ) like this till 1873 when Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar to bring the country in line with the west because they felt the Lunar New year is inferior to the western New Year and would hold Japan back is they didnt drop the old tradition .

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New years history in US and its Tradition

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New years history in US and its Tradition

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New years is a celebrated day and tradition in the US and around the World. The most common tradition in the US  is the ( Ball Drop in New York  time square ) ,and stay up from Dec 31st to the 1st of January the (New Year) With champagne, food , and festive clothing , since 1907.

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New Years Day  and Around the World             

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