New Year's Day : New Year's Day or New Year Is the first jour by année. By extension, the term also refers to célébrations of this first jour de l 'année.
Like any date anniversary. of a given calendar, "New Year's Day" may seem mobile in relation to a calendar operating according to another logic.
For example, the New Year of the Chinese calendar (luni-solar) appears as a movable date in the Gregorian calendar (solar calendar).
Reasons for celebration: The celebration du New Year corresponds to the annual renewal of the primitive cosmogony (*) and the cosmogony (*) of the origins, which are found in all primitive civilizations, and makes it possible to rediscover the fullness of monde initial.
(*) Cosmogony: Theory (scientific or mythical) explaining the formation of the universe, or of certain celestial objects.
- In the countries temperate
Although the "Days of the Year" rarely fall on the same date from one calendar to another, there is a relative agreement between Countries.
Indeed, the "disappearance" of the vegetation during thewinter and its "rebirth" in spring fueled the widespread myth of the "cyclical rebirth" of the year. It is therefore not surprising that a large number of "New Year's Days" are celebrated between the solstice ofwinter and the equinox of spring.
- In the Countries tropical : However, this is by no means universal, especially in Countries tropical, where the cycle of the seasons is much less tangible.
One can cite as an example theEgypt ancient, which, although it uses a solar civil calendar, celebrates the new année at the annual arrival of the flood of the Nil. This flood being due to the rains taking place far upstream in the highlands, its date is entirely dependent on phenomena meteorological. However, it usually occurs at the same time.
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