HISTORY OF NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

FIRST DATE OF NEW YEAR

The ancient Roman calendar use Mach 01^st st as New Year's Day. Now, they are use January 01^st to starting a new year. In the mid-century, most of the country in Europe using the date of March 25, or the Christian feast day called the Day of God as the initial increase in the new year. Until the year 1600, most Western countries have been using the system, which has been revised calendar, called the Gregorian calendar.

The calendar is now used to using it again on Jan 01 ^st as New Year's Day. Britain and the colony in the United States participate in dismantling the system in the year 1752. Most people celebrate the new year on the date specified by their religion. People of Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, celebrated in the month of September or early October. Hindus celebrate the people on certain dates. Islam uses a system consisting of dismantling the 354 days each year. Therefore, the new year they fall on different on the Gregorian calendar each year.

HISTORY AND HOW TO CELEBRATES NEW YEAR IN THE PAST

Most people in the past year a new start on the day of harvest. They do customs to leave the past and purify themselves for the new year. Persian ancient to present the prize egg for the New Year, as a symbol of productivity. Ancient Roman people give each other gifts pieces of the holy tree limb. Later, they give each other nuts or coated gold coin with the image Janus, the god of doors and all the beginning. January to get the name of the god of this two-faced (one face to the front and one facing backward). The people present gifts to the Roman emperor. Slowly, The emperor require gifts like that. The curate Keltik give discounts mistletoe bough, which is considered holy, to their people. People Keltik take many years a new habit people Roman, who occupy the islands of Great Britain in 43 years CE.

In the year 457 CE Christian church forbade this habit, habit of the new year with another is a habit that deems faith. In the year 1200 an English leaders of the Roman customs that require people to give them a new year gift. The husband in the UK gave money to the wife to buy their simple brooch (pin). Habit is lost in the years 1800s, but the term pin money, which means less pocket money, still in use. Many of those colonies in New England, United States, which celebrate the new year with rifle fire into the air and screaming, while others follow the celebration in the church or the party open

MODERN CELEBRATION

Even if the new year is also a Christian holy day, the new year is a long tradition of secular as a national public holiday for all United States citizens. In the United States, most of the night before the feast is done the new year, on 31 December, where people go to parties or watching television programs from Times Square in the heart of the city of New York, where many people gather. In the middle of the night when the bell sounds, siren are, exploded fireworks and people agonized "Happy New Year" and sing Auld Lang Syne.

On January 01^st, people visiting the United States relative-brother and friends or watching television: Flower Parade Tournament of Roses before the race Wanted to show some American Rose Bowl held in California or Florida in the Orange Bowl; Cotton Bowl in Texas or in the Sugar Bowl Lousiana.
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NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

At the beginning of this feast celebrated by both Jews and unbelievers, which is calculated on the new moon since the end of September. Furthermore, according to the calendar Julianus, the Roman year began on January 01^st.

Christians celebrate New Year participate and they hold a special fasting and the Eucharist, based on Council decision Tours in the year 567. At first, each country has the celebration of New Year different. In Britain celebrated on 25 March. In Germany celebrated on Christmas day, while in France celebrated on Easter Day.

Pope Gregory XIII to change to 1 January in the year 1582 and until now the whole world celebrates on the.