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Did you know that as we celebrate the New Year’s Day is the oldest holiday in the world. Over 4000 years ago the ancient Babylonians celebrated the coming of the New Year’s around the end of March. During the Roman Empire, the calendar eventually went out synchronization with the moon.In 153 BC, the Roman Senate declared the January first would be the beginning of the New Year. Although this arbitrary date has neither astronomical nor agricultural significant. Today we still consider it to be the start of a New Year.

In Greece around 600BC. they observed by using a baby to signify the New Year carried in a basket to present the rebirth of Dionysus, the god of fertility. To celebrate the New Year in Tibet Buddhist monk they create sculpture made from yak butter, some reach as high as 30 feet. Many New Year’s tradition has it’s different way of celebrating like Austria each New Year they start it with dinner of roast suckling pig. In most part of the world the pig symbolizes moving forward into the New Year. A pig moves forward with it’s snout to the ground. In Crete nothing thrown away on New Year’s Day not even waste. It is believed that throwing away on that day will decrease the wealth of the family during the coming year. In most Muslim societies New Year’s day is observed by wearing new clothes. In southeast Asia birds and turtle are released for good luck during the coming year. In India Hindus, they place shrines next to their beds so they will see beautiful object when they will open their eyes at the start of a New Year.