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The origin of the New Year is connected to the beginning of the economic year in the agricultural societies of the ancient Near East. [13] The New Year was the beginning of the cycle of sowing, growth, and harvest; the harvest was marked by its own set of major agricultural festivals. [13]
The Wheel of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere.Some Pagans in the Southern Hemisphere advance these dates six months to coincide with their own seasons.. The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of modern pagans, marking the year's chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them.
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January.Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice, while cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at less fixed points relative to the solar year.
The holiday is thought to celebrate the sun's return and the land's rebirth as days begin to get longer after the longest night of the year. The solstice is celebrated by many as a time of rebirth ...
The Korean New Year is a Seollal or Lunar New Year's Day. Although January 1 is, in fact, the first day of the year, Seollal, the first day of the lunar calendar, is more meaningful for Koreans. A celebration of the Lunar New Year is believed to have started to let in good luck and ward off bad spirits all throughout the year.
Learn about May Day history, including its Pagan origins and the history of the spring holiday that falls on May 1.
Mummer's Day, or "Darkie Day" as it is sometimes known (a corruption of the original Darking Day), is a traditional Cornish midwinter celebration that occurs every year on Boxing Day and New Year's Day in Padstow, Cornwall.
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, there are few celebrations that top the one happening in New York's Times Square.