Importance Of New Year

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New Year is one of the oldest festive occasions, which is universally celebrated. It is the time when people celebrate the arrival of the forthcoming year and bid goodbye to the year that has passed by. New Year is celebrated all over the world, though not necessarily on 1st of January. It is interesting to note that not all the countries follow the same calendar. Countries like China, India and Israel have their own versions of lunar calendar and celebrate New Year at different periods. Some countries prefer to celebrate New Year in spring, when its time to sow new crops, while others in autumn i.e. at the time of harvest. Irrespective of the different timings, the occasion is celebrated with same zeal and enthusiasm across the globe. Different …show more content…

The date itself coincides with the Northward Equinox, which falls in mid-March each year. The day typically celebrated with trumpets to herald the new year, coloured eggs and pots of sprouting grains to signify growth, a hearty bowl of Ash-e Reshteh noodle soup, and most famously, with a good spring cleaning. Diwali (Marwari and Gujarati New Year Day) Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindu, Sikhs, and Jains the world over. However for Marwari and Gujarati communities in North India, Diwali marks the start of their new year. These communities, who made up the prominent mercantile and entrepreneurial classes of Ancient India, celebrate the day by giving thanks to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Aboriginal Murador New Year. The Western Australian Aboriginal tribe of Murador celebrated New Year’s Day on what coincides with October 30 in the Gregorian calendar. An important day in the tribe’s calendar, it marked a time for friendship, reconciliation, and giving thanks to the year gone by. The Murador people are now an extinct tribe, though their culture lives on in artifacts and

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