I feel a great pleasure and honor starting this blog. I wholeheartedly welcome everyone who further reads my blog. I Sudhanvi Vellala along with my elder sister Surarchita Vellala started this blog to share whatever information worth sharing.
Everything in this world is very fascinating and sometimes even mysterious. We follow principles set by unknowns centuries ago. We were given thousands of cultures and thousands of civilizations existed. Every special day in the calender has its own significance and history. We all celebrate New Year's eve very grandly, though there are 12 months why we celebrate January 1st as New Year ? why is new year celebrated on January 1st every year, shouldn't it change every year? In general, Christmas is considered as the most holiest day why don't it be celebrated as a new year? It usually falls halfway between Christmas and Epiphany, is there any connection? These are some general questions arise in our minds when we think of the history behind Jan 1st.
Before it was announced as a new year, Jan 1st was a Civil Event. At present New Year is celebrated according to Roman custom. The name January comes from Roman God for beginnings, gateways and departure Janus. The logic behind celebrating Jan 1st as New year is, Earth revolves in a very closest orbit to The Sun around this time. Scientifically this event was given a name perihelion. It was also said that, January month marks the beginning of long days after winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. However, people didn't always celebrate the new year on Jan 1st.
NEW YEAR
Everything in this world is very fascinating and sometimes even mysterious. We follow principles set by unknowns centuries ago. We were given thousands of cultures and thousands of civilizations existed. Every special day in the calender has its own significance and history. We all celebrate New Year's eve very grandly, though there are 12 months why we celebrate January 1st as New Year ? why is new year celebrated on January 1st every year, shouldn't it change every year? In general, Christmas is considered as the most holiest day why don't it be celebrated as a new year? It usually falls halfway between Christmas and Epiphany, is there any connection? These are some general questions arise in our minds when we think of the history behind Jan 1st.
Before it was announced as a new year, Jan 1st was a Civil Event. At present New Year is celebrated according to Roman custom. The name January comes from Roman God for beginnings, gateways and departure Janus. The logic behind celebrating Jan 1st as New year is, Earth revolves in a very closest orbit to The Sun around this time. Scientifically this event was given a name perihelion. It was also said that, January month marks the beginning of long days after winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. However, people didn't always celebrate the new year on Jan 1st.
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| Roman god Janus |
Iraqis (earlier Mesopotamian) were the first to celebrate new year in 2000 B.C. They celebrated new year around March during vernal equinox. Egyptians and Persians celebrated new year around September during autumnal equinox. Greeks celebrated new year around December during winter solstice. Around 16th century a movement was started to restore Jan 1st as new year, since then we are following the "New Style or Gregorian calender" .
Sydney has already welcomed 2015 with colorful fireworks. I hope this new year brings everyone joy and prosperity. May god bless us with all happiness in this year.
-Sudhanvi Vellala
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