8/3/2019 New Years Celebrations

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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