What does New Year’s Eve mean?
This New Year's moment, besides the meaning above, also indirectly brings the meaning of hope, renewal, and change, being even a motivator for many people to organize lists numbering new projects and achievements that are aimed for this new cycle.
Do you know what is the origin of the moment called “New Year”?
In the Roman Empire, the population celebrated this day in honor of the god Janus, the god of changes and transitions, what does that mean?
That the New Year issue is very old, and the same initially was not celebrated in December as currently, several ancient civilizations celebrated the turn of the year in March, taking into account the end of winter and the arrival of spring.Did you know that? But it's true!
It was in 46 B.C., based on the Julian calendar, that Emperor Julius Caesar decreed that New Year would be celebrated on this day, but at the end of the 16th century this date was changed and the Gregorian calendar began to be adopted, by the Catholic Church, and most countries began to celebrate until today the arrival of the new year on January 1st.
All over the world, New Year is a moment very celebrated with many parties, fireworks, shows, and performances, also being called by society as the “turn party” or simply the “New Year's party”.
At this moment, crowds of people fill the squares, clubs, beaches, and homes to celebrate the turn of the year, doing a countdown out loud to mark the transition from the old year to the grand arrival of the New Year, where all people open Champagne for a toast, hug each other, and wish good things to others for this new phase.
There are still people who usually wear white clothes, jump seven waves of the sea, among many other superstitions to bring positive energies to this new cycle, not to mention that there are still those who start that chorus out loud and happily singing that famous song:
“Goodbye, old year!
Happy New Year!
May everything come true
In the year that will be born!
Lots of money in the pocket,
Health to give and sell!
(...)”
