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New Year Celebrations Around The World
A survey of diverse customs from Japan to China and Italy. Highlights include Japan's New Year rites with new clothes and decorations, China's house cleaning and firecrackers, Italy's post Christmas season, and Swiss cannon fire. Also notes Egyptian, Phoenician, and Persian autumn year starts and varying Native American ceremonies across tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chinatown
Japan
Spain
George Barrow
Caesar
Switzerland
Italy
Napoleon
Josephine