New Year

New year is the day when the beginning of the new year is celebrated. In the Western world is this on 1 January, in other cultures often on other dates. At this celebration are mutual congratulations and good intentions is common.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Long ago began the new year at the start of the spring, when nature came back to life, or early January, when the days begin to grow longer. With the introduction ofChristianity the church wanted to end the pagan habits around this new year's celebration, and called out to pray and to 1 January boetedag the circumcision of Jesus (8 days after birth) to celebrate. But even after that celebrated the new year still around the ancient pagan data but also on Saint Martin (11 november); the first advent; theSolstice (around 21 december); or the Annunciation (March 25). The Spanish Governor in 1575 Requesens decided that the new year officially began on 1 January.
 * 2 traditions and customs
 * 3 new year's letter
 * 4 Trivia
 * 5 Weather spells
 * 6 Other new year's events

The Babylonians brought around 2600 BC a Royal sacrifice. They felt that on new year's day the King would be the butt of the gods, so they replaced the King temporarily by a slave or a person sentenced to death, reason and offered him finally around him as King. So was the evil one year turned away.

The old Germanic old-and-nieuwviering was celebrated in the winter, lasted 12 days and nights and was called 'Joel party'. The Joel party started on 25 december, as the days went slings, and lasted until January 6, Epiphany, the current. Around the 8th day, either 1 January, was the highlight with large firing, animal sacrifices and a lot of food and drinks. In contemporary pagan religions (including Wicca) Yule is celebrated around 21 december.

When the Romans began the new year on 1 March, until Julius Caesar in [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F44_v.Chr. 44 BC] introduced the Julian calendar, from that time was new year on January 1. The Romans sacrificed since then on that day to the godJanus (to which January is called) to appease him for the upcoming year. This beginning of the year in March is still reflected in the names of our months september ("seventh month"), October ("eighth month"),november ("ninth month") and december ("tenth month"), and in the leap day, which occurs at the end of the last month of the year: February. ==Traditions and customs[ Edit] == Fireworks.New year's wishes in the city ofGhent. The posters were handed out by the City Council.One can see the period of Christmas until Epiphany (the pagan twelve nights) still as festive period. In this period (mandatory) holidays and school holidays, and many businesses are closed. Many people let the Christmas tree until after three kings are. The traditions of our Pagan ancestors have so still influence.

The new year's fire can be found in the traditional Christmas tree burnings that in some places are still being organized. The old firing at that time were extinguished, and new fires were inflamed to destroy the old year and the coming of the light and to underline the new.

Also had to the spirits of the deceased and the demons are dispersing, which could come right around this time. Dispel this happened with a lot of noise, which is still in use to around the turn of the year to cross off Fireworks and bells is replaced by the following.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">However, these spirits also had to be propitiated. They could make the people and the cattle fertile and the crop to grow. One she spent therefore also sacrifices, which one after the ritual itself opat and-drank. This we find in our contemporary Christmas and old-and-nieuwgerechten back, such as Christmas stollen, sweet breads, waffles, typical Dutch/gronings food, knieperties, oliebollen and the tradition to do extensive meals with plenty of liquor.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Giving presents and new year gifts to family and staff was already common among the Romans. It takes place on new year's day in France, in Italy , in the United Kingdom on Epiphany on Christmas day, on Christmas Eve in Germany and in Netherlands on Sinterklaas (5-6 december) and Christmas. Martin Luther In 1535 abolished Sinterklaas off;the Christmas Child was the bringer of gifts.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 1 January, we wish everyone the best, so that we who wish also received back. Previously, especially given money. In the 19th century that ran out of control, when one complete stranger passers-by trying to beg money with new year's wishes and rhymed-prints. Chimney sweeps, garbage collectors, street sweepers, night guards and lantern lighters sold their best wishes; Today, the magazine and newspaper deliverymen who transfer us so their best wishes, and we see this still use back in sending Christmas and new year cards, giving and visiting new year's receptions, and the habit everyone that one meets the best wishes for the new year.

New year's dive to Scheveningen.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the last years it is common is massively in the open and become so cold water to collapse, mostly in, sometimes without swimsuits, but also in all kinds of fantasy-uitmonsteringen, this usage is known as the new year's dive. The traditional new year's dive that at 89 locations in Netherlands was organized on 1 January 2012, attracted a record number of participants. In Scheveningen names this time 36,000 people a dive. This is partly due to the record-warm soft again (13 degrees C) and and the relatively warm sea water of this new year's day.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also on 1 January, the traditional new year's concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra place, an annual concert on new year's day in the Wiener Musikverein, theViennaconcert hall. This concert will be broadcast live internationally on television.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There is also a ski jumpingcontest, the four hills tournament, which begins in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. This is also broadcast live on television.

<p lang="en" len="293" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Later in the month, there are many new year's receptions in companies, associations and municipalities in Netherlands place. ==New Year's Letter<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Belgium it is for children the habit on 1 January new year's wishes for a new year's letter read to the parents and to the godmother and Godfather. Usually his godmother and Godfather near family and is this really happening to a family party, in the presence of grandparents and uncles and aunts.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A new year's letter is traditionally a simple double folded and decorated cover, inside can then be written the text. Traditionally the text opens with: "Dear parents," "Love meter" or "Dear peter". In new compound families and at death, can be sidetracked. The new year's wishes itself are usually written in rhyme or verse. The letter ends with: "your child's baptism, (place), 1 January, (vintage)" the blank letters are for sale in the bookstore.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As long as the child is still not go to school, parents will write the new year letter itself and practising with the child. Afterwards, will prepare and writing the new year letters fully on school happen. This is included in the curriculum. From kindergarten to elementary school for the text printed will appear on the new year's letter. At school the children will practice the text together. On his 6th, starting from the first year to the last year of elementary school, the child will write the new year letter at school with their own hands and for reading.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After reading out the new year's letter Gets the child's toy or a useful gift, which in consultation with the child and the parents chosen is. Getting gifts with new year is in Belgium as important or even more important than with Santa Claus.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On its 12th-13th year, when the child is moving from the elementary school to secondary education, this tradition will cease. Sometimes it gets the teen with new year still have some money given by the godmother or Godfather until he or she is of legal age or marries.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although a godmother and Godfather a Christian-Catholic use, is this tradition also by Liberals retrieved. This is not the case with the other creeds. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Weather Proverbs<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="413" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New year's day is also a merkeldag weather spells running the following apply:
 * By the time zones is new year everywhere celebrated at another time. Kiritimati, Kiribati, a group of islands within the first starts the new year. To be exact on 31 december at 10 am UTC. Samoa went last in the new year, but on december 30, 2011 are they at the time zone of East Australia attached. Now keep them so if one of the first new year.

<p lang="en" len="148" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">East wind West wind on 1 January means livestock diseases, the death of a North wind, South wind King infectious diseases and a fruitful year. ==Other new year's events<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * New year night clean and ready, means a fruitful year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]
 * With new year day for as long as the cock crows lengt the mag.
 * The sun shines on day of new year, then it becomes a good Apple year.
 * The Bengali new year (14/15 april)
 * The Berber new year (14 January)
 * The Cambodian new year (13 to 15 april)
 * The Chinese new year (see: Chinese new year)
 * The Hindu new year (date varies), Nyepi on Bali:
 * The Iranian/Persian/Bahá ' í-new year (see: Norouz)
 * The Islamic new year (see: Islamic calendar)
 * The Jewish new year (see: Rosh Hashanah)
 * TheEthiopian Coptic/new year (11/12 september)
 * The Korean new year, called Seollal, coincides with the Chinese new year, but has its own use.
 * The Laotian new year (13 to 15 april).
 * The Eastern Orthodox new year (13/14 January)
 * The Thai new year (13 to 15 april. See also Songkran)
 * The Tibetan New Year Losar
 * The Vietnamese New Year