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Islamic New Year; Official name: Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah: Also called: Hijri New Year: Observed by: Muslims: Type: Islamic: Begins: Last day of Dhu al-Hijjah
New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004) Lunar New Year() celebration with fireworks display at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong 2012. The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
Tahun Baru Cina: Half-day on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of Chinese New Year. [51] 1 Hong Kong: Lunar New Year: The first 3 days of Chinese New Year. [52] 3 Macau: Novo Ano Lunar: The first 3 days of Chinese New Year [53] 3 Indonesia: Tahun Baru Imlek (Sin Cia) The first day of Chinese New Year. [54] [55] 1 China: Spring Festival ...
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2024, it falls on March 11).. Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese.
Lunar new year celebrations that originated in the Middle East fall on other days: . The Lunar Hijri calendar used by most of Islam, is a purely lunar calendar comprising 12 lunar months: its year is shorter by about ten or eleven days than the Gregorian calendar year.
The CBC's English- and French-language television networks have been well known for airing sketch comedy specials on New Year's Eve, lampooning the major events and news stories of the year. From 1992 through 2019, CBC Television aired Year of the Farce , an annual special produced by the radio comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce .
Moha Sangkrant [1]: 63 [2]: 138 (Khmer: មហាសង្រ្កាន្ត, Môha Sângkrant) or Sangkrant, derived from Sanskrit saṅkrānti, is the name of ...
A traditional arrangement of festive foods for Puthandu. The Tamil New Year follows the spring equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. [1] The day celebrates on the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.