As the clock will strike midnight on the 31
st of
December, 2016, the night sky will be colo
red with
fireworks and the air will be rent with shouts of “
Happy New Year 2017”. This is,
as we know, a kind of ritual followed by people all over the globe. The New
Year brings with it hopes of a better future and an opportunity to learn from
the prior year and make positive changes in one’s life.
New Year’s Day, which is the first day of January in the
Gregorian calendar, is a restricted holiday in India. People can take a limited
number of restricted holidays but government offices and most firms remain open
and public transport also remains available.This system permits the working
class people the flexibility to take time off to celebrate a holiday within
India's vast religiously and culturally diverse society.
Many people celebrate New Year’s in the company of near and
dear ones, involving traditions meant to bring luck and success in the upcoming
year.Also, most people are known to report late to work on this festive
occasion due to the late night celebrations. The origin of these traditions,
which are now followed all over the world, is not verified, but some of them
seem to come from superstitions. For
example, in western countries, typically the
customs and traditions of Happy New Year’s Day involve celebrations with
champagne and a variety of different foods, especially including circle-shaped
foods, which symbolize cycles.
While
celebrations vary from country to country, common traditions practiced nowadays
include exchanging Happy New Year cards over the social networking sites,
making resolutions and gathering of loved ones, most commonly in family homes.
Making resolutions or goals to improve one’s life has become a common practice
for people on this day.
Common
resolutions nowadays concern diet, exercise, giving up bad habits, and other
matters concerning personal wellness. The common view is to think of the first
day of the year as a clean slate to improve one’s life and begin it with Happy
New Year Greetings to bring luck and success in the upcoming year.
However, most of the people don’t put stock in the
superstitions that gave birth to these customs while enjoying them in good old
holiday spirit. The result is that New Year's Day is probably the most
celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of twelve
as the New Year commences in each time zone.
During this time, you’ll typically find champagne, feasting,
confetti, noise makers, and other methods of merriment including, but not
restricted to, fireworks, parades, concerts, etc. Famous parades around the
world include London’s New Year’s Day Parade and the Rose Parade in Pasadena,
California.
In India, most urban cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore,
Kolkata and Chennai organize live concerts and shows which are often attended
by Bollywood stars and other renowned celebrities.
Large crowds gather to attend such shows, while others
prefer to celebrate with their close friends and family members. These shows
also provide a huge scope of profit for the event management business and the
organizers and sponsors of such events as people enthusiastically buy passes
for them. The others prefer to watch the live telecast on their televisions and
this too provides a great market for the broadcasting companies. There are difficulties
associated with such shows too. The security is often tightened in these prime
cities as incidents of fights, mole station and other crimes have been rising the
last few years.
The arrival of foreign tourists is also at its peak during
New Year’s Day on January 1st, especially in locations which are
known to be a favorite tourist destination with respect to Christian religious
activities, such as Goa. This helps with the economy as well.
The
New Year 2017 Wishes have already started streaming in
along with the Christmas greetings. In conclusion, wishes for a Happy New Year
are always accompanied with goodwill and positive thoughts for the prosperity
of individuals, groups, societies, states, nations and the whole world.
