[meteorite-list] Happy New Year to the World

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:18:48 -0800
Message-ID: <CAMseTy1bp57sD0t6t0V=dUBDNFvtUEFe2uSaK6fYS72tG7bjjg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Not quite everyone everywhere, John. It's often easy to assume the
whole world does everything like we do, but there are a multitude of
cultures and belief systems to take into account. Here's a small list
of countries and people who do not follow the Gregorian New Year (from
wikipedia):

Ethiopian New Year called Enkutatash. It is celebrated on September 11
(September 12 in leap years).

The Odunde Festival is also called the "African New Year" is
celebrated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on the
second Sunday of June.

Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey) is celebrated on April 13 or April 14.

Chinese New Year is celebrated in many countries around the world. It
is the first day of the lunar calendar and is corrected for the solar
every three years.

Korean New Year, called Seollal, is the first day of the lunar calendar.

Thai New Year is celebrated on April 13 or April 14 and is called
Songkran in the local language.

Vietnamese New Year normally falls between 20 January and 20 February.

In the Gwaun Valley, Pembrokeshire, Wales the new year is celebrated
on January 13, based on the Julian calendar.

Hijri New Year in the Islamic culture is also known as Islamic new
year is the day that marks the beginning of a new Islamic calendar
year. New Year moves from year to year because the Islamic calendar is
a lunar calendar.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in
Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical
vernal equinox.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, falls during September or October.

Hindu in Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Nepal, Orissa, Punjab and Tamil Nadu
celebrate the new year when the Sun enters Aries on the Hindu
calendar. This is normally on April 14 or April 15.

Unlike most other calendar systems in India, the New Year's Day on the
Malayalam Calendar is not based on any astronomical event. It is just
the first day of the first of the twelve months on the Malayalam
Calendar.

The Sikh New Year is celebrated as per the Nanakshahi calendar. The
epoch of this calendar is the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak
in 1469. New Year's Day falls annually on what is March 14 in the
Gregorian Western calendar.

Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in Sri Lankan culture predominantly
by the Sri Lankan Sinhalese, while the Tamil New Year on the same day
is celebrated by Sri Lankan Tamils. The Sinhalese New Year marks the
end of harvest season, by the month of Bak (April) between April 13
and April 14.

Telugu New Year (Ugadi), Kannada New Year (Yugadi) is celebrated in
March (generally), April (occasionally).


Globally yours,
Michael in so. Cal.

Hippy Nude Year!

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:28 AM, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Everyone, Everywhere,
>
> Happy New Year !!!!!!!
>
> Happiness and Good Health to everyone.
>
> John Lutzon
> IMCA#1896
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