New Year Celebrations
Different cultures celebrate in different ways but we all celebrate for the same reasons.
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Ethiopia Enkutatash
September the (12 or 11) depending on the year.
It’s to celebrate the end of the rainy season. After church in the morning 14 family come together to share a traditional meal of flat bead also injera and stew called wat and then later on young girls give their friend bouquet they also collect daisies and sing new years songs.
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January the 21st to the feb 20th.
To honour ancestors.
They clean the house in order to wipe away any bad luck and make way for good luck. They also give money in red envelopes and light fire crackers decoration mostly red with themes of wealth, happiness good fortune and longevity.
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Eid
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People celebrate Eid because the represent their country and the pray.people celebrate they pray and then they eat tasty food. and then they watch the stars and the moon and they pray again if they pray they get good luck. They dress up in neat and tidy costumes.
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Diwali is on October 23. For many Indians this five day festival honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. People start the new business year at Diwali, and some Hindus will say prayers to the goddess for a successful year. Lamps are lit to help Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, find her way into people's homes.
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What other celebrations do we have in New Zealand? How do the different cultures celebrate? How are the celebrations similar?
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Turkey new year. It is celebrated at 31 Thursday december. They celebrate this because they are starting a new year. They wear costumes.
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New Zealand New Year.
New years is on the 1st of January.
It is the first day of the new year and a lot of countries celebrate this new year.
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