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|New Year 2008| Celebrating with Details==>
Are you ready to celebrating New Year? The New Year is an event that happens when we celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations. The most common modern dates of celebration are listed below, ordered and grouped by their appearance relative to the conventional Western calendar. "Happy New Year!" Those words will be said and heard for at least the first of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1. Also it is different in all over the world. Takes a look:

|January|
1st January is the first official day of the year in the Gregorian calendar used by most countries in world.
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, occurs every year on the new moon of the first lunar month, about four to eight weeks before spring (Lichun). The exact date can fall anytime between 21 January and 21 February (inclusive) of the Gregorian calendar.
The Khmer, Thai, Laotian and Burmese New Year is called the SangKran and falls from 13th to 15th of April. The Tibetan New Year is Losar and falls from January through March.....

|April|
In India, the Tamil New Year and Vishu are celebrated on the same day respectively in the Southern Indian Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They generally fall on 13 April or 14 April. The first month of the Tamil New Year is called Chithrai. Every year in the month of Chithrai, in the temple city of Madurai, the Chithrai Thiruvizha is celebrated in the Meenakshi Temple. A huge exhibition is also held, called Chithrai Porutkaatchi. The day is marked with a feast in Hindu homes and the entrance to the houses is decorated elaborately with kolams.....

History of New Year==>
The ancient Roman calendar had only 10 months and first day of year is 1 March, which is still reflected in the names of some months which derive from Latin: September (seventh), October (eighth), November (ninth), and December (tenth).....

Adoption of 1 January as New Year==>
The years of adoption of 1 Jan are as follows:
1522 Venice
1544 Holy Roman Empire. The area covered included Germany, Austria and their future territories.
1556 Spain, Portugal, Roman Catholic (southern) Netherlands. This extended to all Spanish and Portuguese territories and outposts in the Americas and around the world......

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