Презентация по теме "New Year in Africa"

New year celebration in African countries

New Year - a holiday celebrated worldwide, symbolizing the beginning of a new cycle, renewal and rebirth. In Africa, people are strongly attached to nature, so the celebration of the New Year is celebrated on the black continent is not tied to a conditional date, and naturally fits into the realities of life. Christmas rituals of African peoples have preserved the sacred meaning of secret communication with the spirit of human nature, there is no change of the year marks the end of a calendar cycle, and the most important events in people's lives, it can be the end of the rainy season.

• Today, is whole New Year celebrations in African countries have no differences from a similar holiday in more affluent and civilized countries. They also decorate New Year trees, of them are the palm tree or juniper.
• African Christmas tree symbolizes the Tree of Life, so the more decorations on it, the more wealth a person is waiting for the new year. Instead of the traditional New Year's Champagne African people consumed homemade from large containers, where each guest draws his mug.

One at important things in the celebration – is a family reunification, as most of them live separately from his wife and children and men in major cities earn for a living. In the New Year, each man eagers to return home. They carry gifts to the families, and the long separation makes this holiday more emotional and joyful.

In Kenya and Tanzania, the New Year celebration takes place on the water, as this time of year they have the fever. In South Africa are held the largest charity events in when the children of poor families receive gifts. New Year celebrations in Ethiopia are on September 11th. This tradition is associated with the end of the rainy season. The celebration takes place with noisy mass festivities on the streets. This tradition is associated with the end of the rainy season. The celebration takes place with noisy mass festivities on the streets. In the state of Tunisia Sahara Festival is held before the New Year, it is a great celebration with concerts, poetry evenings and camel races.

Wild African tribes Abijah arrange a symbolic contest the participants their an egg hold in his mouth . The winners the one who will come first to the finish line with a whole egg in his/her mouth. Secret meaning of the comic competition is the symbol of the egg, which symbolizes the new life and the fragility of the egg shells is the fragility of existence .

It was Ancient Egyptians, who first invented the calendar. Therefore, we can say that the New Year came from Africa.

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