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New Years on Jan 1st is a tradition based on the Gregorian calendar that started in Venice in 1522. It spread to the Roman Empire in 1544, and was accepted by the British Empire in 1752. But there are other calendars and New Years on different dates and for different year counts!
In the United States, New Years starts with lots of New Years Eve parties on Dec. 31 and ends New Years Day Jan 1 with sleepy people watching vast parades and football games from all across the USA on TV. In Europe they also party and they shoot off tons of fireworks at midnight. In South America the people of Rio De Janeiro put on what is said to be the world's biggest fireworks display.
The Chinese New Year will be Feb. 14th lasting 15 days and celebrating the year of the Tiger 4707. It ends with the Lantern Festival with thousands of rice paper lanterns and huge paper dragons carried through the streets.
The Persian New Year (Iran, Turkey, Northern Iraq, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan) is called Noruz and celebrates 2 different year counts, 1389 for the Islamic count and 2569 for the Kingdom count. It falls on the Spring Equinox March 21-22. But its roots stretch back thousands of years before this to the ancient Egyptians and is a feast of the first seed planting for the summer crops.
The last Jewish New Year was held 9-10 September. It celebrated the year 5770, and is called Rosh Hashanah. This festival lasts for 2 days and is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve.
The Islamic New Year (most Arabic countries) comes from the Hijri lunar calendar, falls on the first day of Muharram in early January, 2010 and will celebrate the 1431st year since Muhammad entered the city of Medina.
India must have the world record for New Years - it has 5 different Celebrations on its calendar, Ugadi, Gudi, Padwa, Puthandu, and Vishu. All 5 celebrations fall sometime in April and all will be celebrating the year 2067. Japan celebrates the New Year on December 31.
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