New Year or year-good is the moment when a new calendar year begins and when a new calendar year starts. In many cultures around the world, the event is celebrated in some way, especially on the day before. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar begins on January 1 (New Years Day), just as it was in the Roman calendar. There are numerous calendars that remain in use in certain regions of the planet and calculating the date of the new year differently. Western celebration stems from a decree of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, who has set January 1 as New Years Day in 46 BC The Romans dedicated this day to Janus, the god of gates. The month of January is derived from the name Janus, who had two faces (two-faced) - one facing forward (see the future) and the other backward (see the past). The Roman people were polytheistic, that is, loved many different gods, and there is no report that the Jewish people who lived at that time has celebrated the new year, nor the early Christians. The order of the months in the calendar runs from January to December since King Numa Pompilius in about 700 BC, according to Plutarch and Macrobius. It was only recently that the January 1, again the first of the year in Western culture. Until 1751, for example, in England and Wales (and in all the British dominions), the new year began on March 25. Since then, January 1 became the first of the year. During the Middle Ages, several other days were repeatedly considered as the beginning of the calendar year (March 1, March 25, September 1, 25 Dec). In many countries, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the United Kingdom, January 1 is a national holiday. (For information about changing the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar and the effect on the dating of historical events, see Change the entry to the Gregorian calendar) With the expansion of Western culture to many other places in the world during recent centuries, the Gregorian calendar was adopted by many other countries as the official calendar and the date of January 1 became global to celebrate the new year, even in countries with their own celebrations on other days (as Israel, China and India). In the culture of Latin America, there are a variety of traditions and superstitions surrounding these dates as omens for the coming year.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 02:33:14 +0000
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