New Year's Eve

 

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This article is about the Gregorian calendar. For other calendars, see New Year. For other uses, see New Year's Eve (disambiguation).

New Year's Eve
Fanciful sketch by reporter and artist Marguerite Martyn of a New Year's Eve celebration, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of 4 January 1914
Also called	Hogmanay (Scotland) Calennig (Wales) Ambang/Malam Tahun Baharu/Baru (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) Yangi Yil (Uzbekistan) Karamu (African Americans, African diaspora) Silvester (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland) Réveillon (Algeria, Angola, Brazil, France, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, Romania, Wallonia, and French-speaking locations in North America) Kanun Novogo Goda (Russia) Ōmisoka (Japan)
Observed by	People around the world
Type	International
Significance	The final day of the Gregorian year
Celebrations	Reflection; late-night partying; family gatherings; feasting; gift exchanges; fireworks; countdowns; watchnight services; social gatherings, during which participants may dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks
Date	31 December
Next time	31 December 2021
Frequency	Annual
Related to	New Year's Day

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated at evening parties, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January.

The Line Islands (part of Kiribati) and Tonga, are examples of the first places to welcome the New Year, while Baker Island (an uninhabited atoll part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) and American Samoa are among the last.^[1]

Contents

• 1Africa
  • 1.1Ghana
  • 1.2Nigeria
  • 1.3Rwanda
  • 1.4South Africa
  • 1.5South Sudan
• 2Americas
  • 2.1Argentina
  • 2.2Brazil
  • 2.3Canada
  • 2.4Chile
  • 2.5Colombia
  • 2.6Costa Rica
  • 2.7Ecuador
  • 2.8El Salvador
  • 2.9Guatemala
  • 2.10Mexico
  • 2.11Panama
  • 2.12Suriname
  • 2.13Trinidad and Tobago
  • 2.14United States
    • 2.14.1Religious observances
  • 2.15Uruguay
  • 2.16Venezuela
• 3Asia
  • 3.1Bangladesh
  • 3.2China
    • 3.2.1Hong Kong
  • 3.3Central Asia
  • 3.4India
  • 3.5Japan
  • 3.6Korea
  • 3.7Malaysia
  • 3.8Mongolia
  • 3.9Pakistan
  • 3.10Philippines
  • 3.11Singapore
  • 3.12Taiwan
  • 3.13Thailand
• 4Europe
  • 4.1Albania
  • 4.2Austria
  • 4.3Belgium
  • 4.4Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 4.5Czech Republic/Slovakia
  • 4.6Denmark
  • 4.7Estonia
  • 4.8Finland
  • 4.9France
  • 4.10Germany
  • 4.11Greece
  • 4.12Hungary
  • 4.13Iceland
  • 4.14Ireland
  • 4.15Italy
  • 4.16Malta
  • 4.17Montenegro
  • 4.18Netherlands
  • 4.19North Macedonia
  • 4.20Norway
  • 4.21Poland
  • 4.22Portugal
  • 4.23Romania
  • 4.24Russia
  • 4.25Serbia
  • 4.26Slovenia
  • 4.27Spain
  • 4.28Sweden
  • 4.29Switzerland
  • 4.30Ukraine
  • 4.31United Kingdom
    • 4.31.1England
    • 4.31.2Scotland
    • 4.31.3Wales
• 5Middle East & North Africa
  • 5.1Algeria
  • 5.2Egypt
  • 5.3Palestine and Israel
  • 5.4Lebanon and Syria
  • 5.5Morocco
  • 5.6Saudi Arabia
  • 5.7Turkey
  • 5.8United Arab Emirates
• 6Oceania
  • 6.1Australia
  • 6.2Kiribati
  • 6.3New Zealand
  • 6.4Samoa
• 7Music
• 8See also
• 9References

Africa[edit]

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Countries where the main celebrations of the New Year are other day than on 1st January

Ghana