Global New Year
Most countries in the world regard January 1st as the New Year's Day. Due to the different latitude and longitude positions of countries in the world, the time of New Year's Day varies from country to country, so the date of "New Year's Day" is also different.
The day when Egypt raised the water of the Nile as the beginning of the New Year was called the "New Year of the Water". The New Year in Egypt is in the fall, because the more things are dedicated to God, the more achievements the New Year has.
The fourth day of the year from October 31st in India is New Year's Day. On the morning of New Year's Day, every household cryes constantly, and everyone has tears on their faces. They are passing away, their lives are short, and they cry to celebrate the New Year. New Year's Day in India is known as "paining New Year's Day" and "fasting New Year's Day."
On the New Year's Day, the Brazilians held high torches and flocked to the mountains. People are scrambling to find the golden birch that symbolizes happiness, they call it "seeking blessings."
France celebrates the New Year with wine, and people start to drink from New Year's Eve until January 3rd. On the New Year's Day, they look at the wind to divination: shaving the south wind - the wind is raining down the year; scraping the west wind - harvesting the year; scraping the east wind - the fruit will be high-yield; shaving the north wind - is the year of the harvest.
The Italian New Year's Eve is a carnival night. Every household throws out all the shabby things that can be broken in the house, and thinks that can remove the troubles and bad luck, in order to show good luck and welcome the old.
The Swiss have the habit of fitness for the New Year's Day. Anyone who participates in the celebrations is dressed as a woman, symbolizing wealth and kindness. The masks they wear, the cheeks are full, are made of wax. They have a small flower in their mouth, and the expression on their faces is "one size fits all".
On New Year's Eve in the United States, people open a bonfire party outside. At 12 o'clock in the evening, everyone throws old things into the fire and burns them, and sings and dances to the dawn. At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the national church bells rang. The band played a famous nostalgic song "The Way to Peace".
Happy New Year!
