How different cultures celebrate the New Year

This is what probably comes to mind when you think of New Year's because most people follow the Gregorian calendar which has 365 days or 12 months in the

year

. January 1st is the new

year

, but depending on who you talk to, the new year comes well beyond January 1st. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year and Spring Festival, is

celebrate

d between January 21 and February 20. Millions of people around the world

celebrate

the 15-day festival with friends and family, sharing a meal, wearing traditional clothing, lighting fireworks, participating in colorful parades, and importantly decorating their homes, neighborhoods, and streets with lanterns.

In a lot of these traditions, especially in Asian traditions, it's this idea that the New Year represents a turning point, it's an extremely auspicious day, but it's about this idea that by doing these things you're connecting to a power. supernatural that will bring life and good fortune to you and your family each year. The Chinese New Year is dedicated to an animal that has its meaning in the Chinese lunar calendar. Another big celebration is Rosh Hashanah, which means head of the year in Hebrew, also known as Jewish. New Year celebrated in the seventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar between September and October two solemn occasions is a religious occasion and is silent the celebration is silent Rosh Hashanah, you know, which occurs in the fall is a two-day celebration that begins the most Period important part of the Jewish religious year, which are the ten days of repentance and self-reflection.

You know, measure yourself against what God and the community expect of you. A popular ritual on Rosh Hashanah involves using the boat as an ancient wind instrument. to mark the beginning of a 10-day period that leads to another festival called Yom Kippur, although it is not the kind of lights, fireworks and drinks, and you know that we associate with New Year's Day in secular society that brings community. together now Rose is celebrated by more than 300 million people around the world, which is the Persian New Year and the 3,000-year-old Iranian celebration marks the beginning of spring and is observed on March 20 or 21, the first day of the year in the Iranian solar calendar.

Rather, you know, on the first day of spring celebration, the most important thing is to visit the homes of family and friends in honor, you will most likely come across what is known as the huff table that displays at least seven elements including some type of sprout or herb for rebirth and renewal nuts for love apples for beauty and health garlic for medicine and self-care a sweet pudding for wealth and fertility vinegar for patience and wisdom and a Persian spice for more sunrises Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate the Islamic New Year which is observed on a

different

day each year, falling on the first day of the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar called Muharram.

It is also known as Hare Ji New Year or Arabic New Year. It is a time to commemorate the escape of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca. to Medina with his followers in the year 622 AD. to escape the dominant culture of the time that did not allow them to practice their faith for most Muslims The New Year is a minor holiday it is our minor day it is celebrated it is recognized but it does not have The same kind of cultural weight that it has, say , in China or among the Sikhs, for example, or in the Jewish community Vaisakhi, also known as besakih, the Sikh and Punjabi Harvest Festival and New Year, is observed by Sikhs and some Hindus on the 13th of the 14th of April each year according to the Shahe calendar, a solar calendar used by the Seats, but Vaisakhi is not only a celebration of a new year, it also commemorates the establishment of Kalsa, a process used to describe Sikhs who have been baptized. and in Thailand people celebrate the Buddhist new year with a three-day water fight that initially started with people pouring water on Buddha statues, but people in Thailand do not wet each other for fun, although a lot of it happens. that in Songkran.

The water splash festival aims to wash away the bad luck of the previous year and in most of these countries the new year is considered a holiday, a time for people to be with their friends and family, but that is not always a privilege for people who live. far from their home countries they can participate in these immigrant and long-established communities. These traditions are very, very important, they are markers of both religious identity and ethnic identity, they become really strong touchstones for the community, while There are

different

ways to celebrate the new year depending on the cultural celebration you follow.

What they all have in common is the idea of ​​coming together with their friends' families and their broader global community to celebrate new beginnings. Thanks for watching global news if you liked it. What you saw you liked in the video. You can also hit the subscribe button to receive the latest international news and trending videos.