The transition to the year 2022 has become a reality for the First Nations of Oceania and the Pacific. A New Year’s Eve like no other, hit by restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic.
The planet began this Thursday to turn the page of a year 2021 marked by the coronavirus pandemic, which forces billions of people to celebrate in privacy and at home the passage to the New Year.
The arrival of the New Year is a universal event celebrated in almost every country in the world. However, each destination has its own deep-rooted traditions and its own way of celebrating this special moment. The customs of New Year’s Eve are superimposed on unusual rituals that often transform this occasion into festivities and moments of pleasure and discovery.
According to the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is the official date for celebrating the New Year. It marks the start of the New Year for many cultures. This date was set by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in 46 BC. The Romans also dedicated this day, and then the entire month, to Janus, the god who had two faces, one facing forward (the future) and the other facing back (the past).
Not all countries enter the New Year at the same time, when it’s 12 p.m. in France, 7 p.m. in Hong Kong and 10 p.m. in Sydney. As the world is divided into 24 time zones, it is midnight somewhere every hour.
If there are first, there is always money … The inhabitants who will celebrate the New Year last are those of Hawaii and French Polynesia.
New Zealand – where only a few restrictions remain, making it one of the few on the planet where residents can celebrate the transition to 2022 without a screen interposed – followed an hour later, with large crowds gathered in Auckland to watch a fireworks display.
In Sydney, Australia’s largest city, the famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display was fired over the Bay, albeit with almost no spectators.
Italy, London, Russia, Dubai, France to Latvia via Brazil, police officers and, in some cases, soldiers will be deployed to ensure compliance with the health crisis and the restrictions imposed for the holidays of the 31 .
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