New Year

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New Year is the celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year, commonly observed worldwide with festivities, traditions, and public holidays.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event
cultural celebration
holiday
hasFrequency annual
hasSymbolicMeaning good fortune
hope
new beginnings
renewal
hasTradition exchanging greetings
making New Year’s resolutions
religious services
singing "Auld Lang Syne"
special festive meals
symbolic cleansing or renewal rituals
visiting friends and relatives
watching televised celebrations
hasTypicalDate January 1
hasVariant Nyepi
surface form: Balinese New Year

Spring Festival
surface form: Chinese New Year

Ethiopian calendar
surface form: Ethiopian New Year

New Year’s Day
surface form: Gregorian New Year

Muharram
surface form: Hijri New Year

Hijri calendar
surface form: Islamic New Year

Japanese New Year
Rosh Hashanah
surface form: Jewish New Year

Korean New Year
Spring Festival
surface form: Lunar New Year

Nowruz celebrations
surface form: Nowruz

Nowruz celebrations
surface form: Nowruz (Persian New Year)

Rosh Hashanah
Thai New Year Songkran festival
surface form: Songkran

Tamil New Year
Thai New Year Songkran festival
surface form: Thai New Year

Tet holiday
surface form: Vietnamese New Year
isAssociatedWith New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve
isBasedOn calendar system
isCelebratedWith concerts
countdowns to midnight
family gatherings
fireworks
parades
parties
public events
religious ceremonies
isObservedIn many countries worldwide
isOften public holiday
isRecognizedBy governments
international organizations
religious communities
marks beginning of a new calendar year

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New Year Honours announcedOn New Year