Do you think you can celebrate the New Year only once a year? You are wrong. In our country, due to the fact that the country is geographically divided into several time zones, this can be done 11 times. Imagine, you can make 11 wishes that will surely come true, you just need to know in what order the countries celebrate the New Year.
The sequence of the New Year on the territory of Russia
- You can safely make your first wish at 15.00. by Moscow time. It was at this time that their glasses were raised and the inhabitants of Kamchatka wished all the best to their relatives and friends.
- At 4 pm, they celebrate the New Year in the Magadan Region and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- AT 17:00. to the chimes, they burn a piece of paper with a cherished desire and drink it along with champagne in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Ussuriisk.
- At 18.00. this will be done in Chita, Blagoveshchensk, Transbaikalia and the Amur Region. At the same time, in Yakutia, the spirit of coldness - Chyskhaan (our Grandfather Frost) fulfills all desires, for this you just need to touch his magic staff and say what was conceived aloud.
- At 19.00 they celebrate the New Year in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude and Buryatia.
- At 20.00. in the Krasnoyarsk, Altai Territories, Kemerovo, Tomsk, Novosibirsk Regions, in the Republic of Tyva.
- 21.00. Another wish is made together with the residents of the Omsk region.
- AT 22.00. the cities of Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Perm, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Sverdlovsk region.
- 23.00. New Year will reach Udmurtia, Samara and Togliatti, just one hour and it will get to Moscow.
- At 24.00. on Red Square, chimes will strike, fireworks will sound, festivities will begin.
- But the holiday will hasten on, and at one o'clock in the morning he will come to the Kaliningrad region. So, there is a chance to make another wish and after 12 o'clock at night - at 01.00.
Russia is the only country in the world where the New Year is celebrated so many times.
When other countries of the world are waiting for the New Year
In general, the first to celebrate the holiday on the globe is the population of the small island of Christmas (only 5.5 thousand people), which belongs to the Republic of Kiribati and the inhabitants of the capital of the kingdom at the end of the earth (as tourists call it) - the city of Nuku'alofa.
Then, in sequence, Chatham Island (+0.15)., New Zealand and the South Pole in Antarctica (+1).
With an interval of one hour, the holiday will reach Fiji (+2).
From there, he will go to hot Australia (+3), where he is greeted with amazing fireworks and a grandiose music show. The climate of the country allows you to spend your holiday outdoors. Exactly at 12 o'clock local time in the cities of Australia the noise of music ceases and the hum of car signals, whistles and shouts are heard. This is how the inhabitants of the island celebrate the New Year and all the good that they hope to receive with its arrival.
When on January 1 in Moscow the hands of the clock show 6 am, and in Japan it is 12 o'clock, do not forget to tell relatives and friends: "Akemasite omedeto!" This is exactly what the Japanese do on this day.
In China (+6) New Year is celebrated according to its own special calendar, which can begin on one of the days of late January or early February. On this day, old grievances are forgiven and forgotten. The whole family gathers for a festive dinner, and on the streets are processions of people holding lighted lanterns. This is how they light the way for the New Year.
+7 the route of the holiday will pass through Indonesia,
+8 celebrate the holiday in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. And although the locals celebrate the New Year in April, they organize colorful fireworks and beach parties for tourists on New Year's Eve. Lobster and king prawns are served for dinner.
Without breaking the sequence, other countries are waiting for the New Year: Pakistan (+9), Armenia, Azerbaijan (+10).
In Armenia, the holiday is celebrated three times a year: March 21 (Amanor), August 11 (Navasard) and January 1. On these days, close and dear people give each other gif.webpts, guess and gather at a rich family table.
+12 New Year is celebrated in Greece, Romania, Turkey, Israel, Finland.
+13 in Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden.
+14 in the UK, Portugal.
+16 in stunning Brazil.
+ 17.30-20.30 in different areas of Canada and the USA.
+23 in Alaska.
+ 24 in Hawaii.
The residents of the independent island state of Samoa will be the last to celebrate the New Year, at this time on Christmas Island it will already be January 2!
All countries of the world celebrate the New Year in different ways. But for everyone, this day is the most special and most magical. He personifies the ability to leave everything bad in the past and gives hope for happiness!
