https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu Made with serendipity en-us 2020-01-09 16:43:06 UTC 2020-01-10 16:54:12 UTC hello@padlet.com labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430070289 New Year’s Day is a national holiday celebrated on January 1st, the first day of the New Year, following both the Gregorian and the Julian calendar. This New Years’ holiday is often marked by fireworks, parades, and reflection upon the last year while looking ahead to the future’s possibilities.]]> 2020-01-10 16:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430070289 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430072854 The celebration of the new year on January 1st is a relatively new phenomenon. The earliest recording of a new year celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia, c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated around the time of the vernal equinox, in mid-March. A variety of other dates tied to the seasons were also used by various ancient cultures. The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Persians began their new year with the fall equinox, and the Greeks celebrated it on the winter solstice.]]> 2020-01-10 16:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430072854 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430076847 2020-01-10 16:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430076847 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430081634 The Hindus of the north, Diwali is the end of the old year and the start of the new. For three days in late October early November every town and village shines and glows with thousands of lights. Their homes are decorated with little oil lamps known as diwa. These little lights are found in temples, houses, along window ledges and along garden paths. In cities electrical lights are used to light up buildings. These are used to drive out evil and is replace evil with goodness.]]> 2020-01-10 16:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430081634 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430083098 In Egypt the New Year is a public holiday and has a very festive atmosphere. Although they know in advance when the New Year begins they still observe the custom of the new crescent moon must be seen before the official announcement is made. The sighting is carried out at the Muhammad Ali mosque which is at the top of the hill in Cairo. The message is then passed on to the religious leader known as the Grand Mufti and he proclaims the New Year.]]> 2020-01-10 16:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430083098 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430085218 2020-01-10 16:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430085218 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430085968 In France dinner parties are thrown for the entire family. People exchange presents and greeting cards. People began sending fake gifts on April first which originally culminated in the New Year feast of course these gifts were only as a joke on those who previously had received their étrennes or New Year's gifts, on that day.]]> 2020-01-10 16:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430085968 labicheb09804 https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430087616 The lyrics of “Auld Lang Syne” are in the Scots language. The title, translated literally into standard English, is Old Long Since. The words can be interpreted as since long ago or for old times’ sake. The lyrics are about old friends having a drink and recalling adventures they had long ago. There is no specific reference to the new year.Burns first wrote down “Auld Lang Syne” in 1788, but the poem did not appear in print until shortly after his death in 1796. It was first published in volume five of James Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum.]]> 2020-01-10 16:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/labicheb09804/6j1wb57bxlpu/wish/430087616