One of the most popular New Year’s traditions in Russia is decorating the home. Russians love to adorn their homes with festive decorations such as garlands, wreaths, and ornaments. DID YOU KNOW ||In Russia we also have a tradition of hanging a special star-shaped ornament called aZvezda ...
New Year's Day was fixed at January 1st in 153 BC, when the two Roman consuls, after whom - in the Roman calendar - years were named and numbered, chose that date, mainly for military reasons. During the Middle Ages, a number of different Christian feast dates were used to mark the...
The celebrations start at about 11 pm, when the family is seated at the festive dinner. Shortly before 12 pm they toast “for the old year”, remembering and paying tribute to the good things it brought about. It is a custom in Russia to listen to the speech of the head of state bro...
custom more than 4,000 years ago. These early resolutions were likely made in an attempt to curry favor with the gods. In the West, particularly in English-speaking countries, the nostalgic Scottish ballad “Auld Lang Syne,” revised by the poetRobert Burns, is often sung on New Year’s ...
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Lantern Festival in Taiwan The Chinese Calendar The Chinese calendar is about one month behind our (so called Gregorian) calendar as it has between 30 and 50 more days per year. And the Chinese zodiac calendar has a cycle of 12 years. The calendar was started on astronomical observations of...
Obviously, traditions have come and gone in the 4,000 years since, but one thing is clear: we sure love marking the end of one year and the beginning of another with a lot of ceremony (and maybe a few New Year's superstitions, too). For those looking for a something new to do ...
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Different folklore traces the history and the name of this meal, but the current dish has its roots in African and West Indian traditions and was most likely brought over by slaves to North America. A recipe for Hoppin’ John appears as early as 1847 in Sarah Rutledge’s “The Carolina Ho...