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THE NEW YEAR: THE ORIGINS


GIA 'ARE BIDS AND PROPOSALS FOR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, BUT ...... THINGS' THE NEW YEAR? Here's some 'HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL, from the Site "New Year 2011."

For us today it is normal to think that the New Year, or the first day of the year, falling just 1 January. But have you ever wondered why? In this article we will try to retrace the history of the New Year and its dates.
Let's go back in time to the Babylonians, for whom the new year began with the first new moon of spring as this period is the rebirth of the earth. The Celts celebrated instead of October 31 and November 1, a time when the earth prepares to give its fruits.
The ancient Romans chose late March, but over time their calendar was increasingly modified by various emperors, until Julius Caesar established itself synchronization. The reference point was the sun in 46 BC with the first "Julian Calendar" was made to coincide with the start of the first day of January. In this anniversary we
laden banquet, inviting friends and it was customary to exchange gifts, especially a jar of honey, dates and figs with the "gifts", or twigs of laurel auspicious. In the Middle Ages many
used in that schedule, but there was a fairly widespread confusion of dates in England and Ireland, celebrating the day of the Incarnation, March 25, Spain on December 25 and France on the day of Resurrection. Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 devised the Gregorian Calendar entered into force with the papal bull Inter gravissimas, which incorporates the Julian calendar by compensating the difference between calendar year and calendar year of the introduction of the leap year every four years.
In almost all countries is maintained by that date, mostly those related to the history of Christianity.
In China the New Year does not match a particular day, but with the second full moon after December 21, then between January 21 and February 21. For Islam, the anniversary falls on the first day of Muharram, between January and February, with the exception of Iran, celebrating the spring equinox. In Southeast Asia is celebrated between 13 and 15 April. Those who adhere to the ancient Inca calendar, celebrates June 24, the feast Mapuche. The Jewish New Year and to Ethiopian fall in September, while the Hindus in mid November.
For almost every month, there is a world in which every New Year ... for a good time to celebrate!