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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
12
The article surveys New Year customs in Japan including the fasti and calendar origins, popular Christmas card motifs like the stork and turtle symbolizing long life, the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, and the pine tree. It notes bell ringing at New Year’s Eve for 108 Buddha commandments and spreads beans to ward off evil spirits and invite luck.
The note states that about 70 percent of American youths now complete high school and lists the top paying occupations as medicine law and dentistry. It also notes in Tibet one of every six persons is a priest.
The article traces how the word calendar derives from Roman practices and outlines the transition from early Roman timekeeping to methodological dating. It notes the influence of lunar cycles and Julius Caesar's reform on the modern calendar system.
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