THE JEWISH NEWS-75
New Year Days of Many Peoples
Friday, September 19, 1952
calendar in use among each
people.
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Jewish holidays observed for
two days in all other countries
are celebrated for only one day
in Israel except for Rosh Hasha-
nah, which is, observed for two
days even in Israel.
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During the Middle Ages the
new year was •usually marked or.
March 25 in Christian countries
With the adoption of the Grego-
rian calendar on Oct. 15, 1582
January 1 was established as the
new year, although England con
tinned to observe March 25 un
til 1752.
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The greatest festival of th t
Chinese is New Year which oc
curs between Jan. 20 and Feb
19, according to the reckonin
of the lunar c a l e n d a r the
adopted. Celebrated for severa ,
days it concludes with the Feas t
of Lanterns. In New York'
Chinatown the celebration fea
tures a parade of dragons.
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In ancient Egypt, the day o f
the autumn equinox, Sept. 21,
was considered the beginning o f
the year, while in ancient Greece
the date of the summer solstice,
June 21, was so observed.
By PHILLIP GOODMAN
Collection of footnotes to the New Year Days of various people, taken from the
newly published "New Year and Day of Atonement", a 90-page, illustrated program
guide published by the Jewish Center Division of the National Jewish Welfare
hoard. The guide was edited and compiled by Mr. Goodman.
The first day of a new year ages. The date and the manner
has been commemorated as a of observance have varied in ac-
holiday by most peoples in all cordance with the particular
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The Marranos—secret Jews
of Spain and Portugal — ob-
served the Day of Atonement
but there is no evidence that
they commemorated Rosh Ha-
shanah. They marked Yom
Kippur not on the tenth of
Tishri but on the tenth day
following the New Moon that
occurs in September, for they
apparently used the solar cal-
endar for their lunar reckon-
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- The Mohammedan New Year
is observed on the first day of
the first moon, called Muhar-
ram, according to Moslem lunar
calculations. The day is marked
by the exchange of greetings
and lucky coins.
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January 1 is now a legal holi-
day in the 48 states and the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
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GIs in the U. S. Armed Forces
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Since 1941 more than 1,600,000
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The New Year of the Hindus,
called Baisakhi, is celebrated on
a day in April or May by at-
tendance at religious services in
temples and by feasting, merry-
making and the exchange of
gifts. Bathing in- the holy waters
of the Ganges to avert evil is
thought to be auspicious on this
day.
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Since 1876, the centennial year
of the United States, a mum-
mers' parade has been the main
celebration of New Year's Day in
Philadelphia.
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Today New Year's Eve is wel-
comed with the ringing of bells,
the blowing of horns, celebra-
tions in hotels, restaurants, and
communal institutions, and par-
ties in private homes. A spirit
of merrymaking prevails, al-
though some Christian denomi-
nations hold religious services.
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New Year's Eve is considered a
propitious time for fortune tell-
ing in Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland
and Czechoslovakia. A favorite
device is the casting of melted
l ead or tin into a pail of water.
Forecasts of good and bad events
are read in the various shapes
f ormed by the lead as it hard-
e ns. In the streets of Scotland,
. ithuania, Portugal and Den-
mark, groups of masqueraders
may be found wending their
merry way on New Year. .
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