New Years Celebrations
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IN MINUTES News and events — visually ATLANTIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN 2 3 8 9 11 7 10 4 5 6 1 U.S. New York City: Tens of thousands of people will gather in Times Square to watch the iconic ball drop. This year Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber will perform for the million revellers. Before the big night, revellers can record their wishes on a piece of paper at the New Y ear's Eve Wishing Wall at the Times Square Visitor Center. All of the wishes from the wall and those submitted online will be collected and added to the confetti that flutters down onto the streets of Times Square at midnight. Las Vegas: It seems Sin City is the place to be this New Year's Eve with a packed A-list including Kim Kardashian, Chris Brown, Fergie and LMFAO. Philadelphia: Mummers’ Parade sees elabo- rately costumed people dance to string bands, drawing on European and African heritages. 2 Britain London, England: London stages the world’s largest New Year’s Day parade at more than 3 km long. More than a quarter-million people flock to the shores of the Thames River for the annual New Y ear's Eve party in London. The iconic bells of B ig Ben sound at midnight as fireworks are launched from the London Eye. 3 France Paris: Bonne Annee! About 100,000 people crowd the Champs Elysees to watch a magnificent fireworks and light show at the Eiel Tower. 8 Japan Tokyo: New Y ear's Eve celebrations carry on for t hree days in Tok yo and involve the exploration of temples and palaces as much as they involve fireworks, food stands and night- clubs. On Jan. 2, the Imperial Palace opens for tours, one of only two occasions through the year where visitors can see the inner workings of the palace. 9 Romania Performers go house-to-house in rural areas (and more recently in cities too), dancing and singing to ward o evil spirits. 11 South Africa 17th century slaves were prevented from celebrating on Dec. 31, so they did so on Jan. 1 instead. Cape To wn’s Minstrel Carnival carries on the tradition today. 7 Philippines People buy 12 dierent round fruits — one for each month — to bring them good fortune. Grapes are most closely associated with New Year’ s Eve. 10 NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS Canada Niagara Falls, Ont.: Canada’s largest New Year’ s Eve bash is celebrated in Niagara Falls. This year’s free concert features the Sheep- dogs, Our Lady Peace and Simple Plan and is expected to draw 40,000 people. Italy Romans dive o Cavour Bridge into shallow Tiber River — a dangerous tradition established in 1946. 4 Brazil Rio de Janeiro: If you think Rio goes loco during t he high-energy Carnival, you haven't seen anything! On New Year's Eve , Brazilians throw champagne and roses in the ocean as an oering to the goddess of the sea and celebrate with an elaborate fireworks display at midnight. 5 Australia Sydney: Sydney’s firework s display is the world’s largest and most technologically a dvanced New Year’s Eve fireworks display. It draws larger crowds than Paris (100,000), London (700, 000), Berlin (1 milli on) and New York City (1 million) with about 1.5 million people gather- ing on the Sydney Harbour foreshore and 2.6 million watching the fireworks on TV. 6 1 QMI AGENCY Sources: Discovery Channel; Yahoo! Voices; Australian Dept of Immigration and Citizenship; Graphic News
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IN MINUTES News and events — visually
ATLANTICOCEAN PACIFIC
OCEAN
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11
7
10
4
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U.S.New York City: Tens of thousands of peoplewill gather in Times Square to watch the iconicball drop. This year Lady Gaga and JustinBieber will perform for the million revellers.Before the big night, revellers can record theirwishes on a piece of paper at the New Year'sEve Wishing Wall at the Times Square VisitorCenter. All of the wishes from the wall andthose submitted online will be collected and
added to the confetti that flutters down ontothe streets of Times Square at midnight.
Las Vegas: It seems Sin City is the place to bethis New Year's Eve with a packed A-listincluding Kim Kardashian, Chris Brown, Fergieand LMFAO.
Philadelphia: Mummers’ Parade sees elabo-rately costumed people dance to string bands, drawing onEuropean and African heritages.
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BritainLondon, England: London stages the world’s largest New Year’sDay parade at more than 3 km long. More than a quarter-millionpeople flock to the shores of the Thames River for the annualNew Year's Eve party in London. The iconic bells of B ig Ben soundat midnight as fireworks are launched from the London Eye.
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FranceParis: Bonne Annee! About100,000 people crowd the ChampsElysees to watch a magnificentfireworks and light show at theEiel Tower.
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JapanTokyo: New Year's Eve celebrations carry on for t hree daysin Tokyo and involve the exploration of temples and palacesas much as they involve fireworks, food stands and night-clubs. On Jan. 2, the Imperial Palace opens for tours, one ofonly two occasions through the year where visitors can seethe inner workings of the palace.
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RomaniaPerformers go house-to-house in rural areas (and morerecently in cities too), dancing and singing to ward o evilspirits.
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South Africa17th century slaves were
prevented from celebrating onDec. 31, so they did so on Jan. 1instead. Cape Town’s MinstrelCarnival carries on the traditiontoday.
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PhilippinesPeople buy 12 dierent round fruits — one for each month— to bring them good fortune. Grapes are most closelyassociated with New Year’s Eve.
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NEW YEAR’SCELEBRATIONS
CanadaNiagara Falls, Ont.: Canada’s largest NewYear’s Eve bash is celebrated in Niagara Falls.This year’s free concert features the Sheep-dogs, Our Lady Peace and Simple Plan and isexpected to draw 40,000 people.
Italy Romans dive o Cavour Bridge into shallow
Tiber River — a dangerous tradition establishedin 1946.
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BrazilRio de Janeiro: If you think Rio goes loco during t hehigh-energy Carnival, you haven't seen anything! On NewYear's Eve, Brazilians throw champagne and roses in theocean as an oering to the goddess of the sea andcelebrate with an elaborate fireworks display at midnight.
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AustraliaSydney: Sydney’s fireworks display is the world’s largestand most technologically a dvanced New Year’s Evefireworks display. It draws larger crowds than Paris(100,000), London (700,000), Berlin (1 milli on) and NewYork City (1 million) with about 1.5 million people gather-ing on the Sydney Harbour foreshore and2.6 million watching the fireworks on TV.
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QMI AGENCYSources: Discovery Channel; Yahoo! Voices; Australian Dept of Immigration and Citizenship; Graphic News
