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  • January 1st

    January 1st

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    New Year

    In most parts of the world, December 31st is celebrated as New Year’s Eve. In the Times Square in New York, many tourists wait for the count down to the New Year.

    January 1st is celebrated as the start of the New Year. For many, it is a holiday.

    Peasants’ Day

    In the early days, Burma celebrated January 1st as Peasants’ Day. It was a holiday.

    The Revolutionary Council staged a Coup D’etat on March 2, 1962. The BSPP government moved Peasants’ Day to March 2nd.

    Birthdays

    Saya U Than Lwin (Eric Lwin, my cousin uncle, GBNF) celebrated his birthday on January 1st.

    Ye Than

    For several years, U Ye Than (Winner Inn, son of my cousin brother Sayagyi U Ba Than) has celebrated his birthday on January 1st with a Soon Kyway.

  • Talk — New Year

    Talk — New Year

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Hla Min

    Video Broadcast on December 17, 2020

    Traditional

    • New Year’s Eve on December 31
      Bringing in the New Year (with celebration)
      Dropping the Ball in Times Square in New York
    • New Year on January 1
      Holiday in some countries
    • January is named as after Janus (Two faced God)
      Symbolically, one face looks back at the outgoing year and another face looks at the incoming year
    • In the early days, Burma celebrated January 1 as “Peasants’ Day“
    • Later, Peasants’ Day was moved to March 2

    Others

    • Old Roman Calendar starts with March.
    • Persian New Year falls on or around March 21
      “First Day of Spring” celebrations
    • Myanmar celebrates “Thingyan” on or around April 13 for three (or sometimes four) days.
      The Myanmar New Year falls Thingyan.
    • Thailand celebrated “Songkram” (equivalent of Thingyan)
    • Both words derive from Pali and Sanskrit words meaning “Change”.
    • Cula Thingyan (Small Change) occurs every month when the Sun in the Geocentric model moves to another Zodiac Sign.
    • Maha Thingyan (Big Change) occurs every year when the Sun has moved through all twelve signs.
    • The Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) around the end of January or the start of February.
    • The Vietnamese celebrate Tet (equivalent of Chinese New Year)
    • The festivities may last a week (or more)
    • Karen New Year (Kayin Hnit Ku)
    • Special events
      New Year in 2000 (to usher the New Millennium)
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  • Talk — New Year

    Talk — New Year

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Hla Min

    Video Broadcast on December 17, 2020

    Traditional

    • New Year’s Eve on December 31
      Bringing in the New Year (with celebration)
      Dropping the Ball in Times Square in New York
    • New Year on January 1
      Holiday in some countries
    • January is named as after Janus (Two faced God)
      Symbolically, one face looks back at the outgoing year and another face looks at the incoming year
    • In the early days, Burma celebrated January 1 as “Peasants’ Day“
    • Later, Peasants’ Day was moved to March 2

    Others

    • Old Roman Calendar starts with March.
    • Persian New Year falls on or around March 21
      “First Day of Spring” celebrations
    • Myanmar celebrate Thingyan on or around April 13 for three (or four) days. Myanmar New Year follows Thingyan.
    • Thailand celebrate Songkram (equivalent of Thingyan)
    • Both words derive from Pali and Sanskrit words meaning “Change”.
    • Cula Thingyan (Small Change) occurs every month when the Sun in the Geocentric model moves to another Zodiac Sign.
    • Maha Thingyan (Big Change) occurs every year when the Sun has moved through all twelve signs.
    • Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year) around the end of January or the start of February.
    • Vietnamese celebrate Tet (equivalent of Chinese New Year)
    • Festivities may last a week (or more)
    • Karen New Year (ကရင် နှစ်သစ်ကူး)
    • Special events
      New Year in 2000 (to usher the New Millennium)

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  • Time — New Year

    Time — New Year

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Hla Min

    Universal

    • January 1 is usually accepted as “New Year’s Day”.
    • Some countries celebrate it as a holiday.
    • December 31 is “New Year’s Eve”.
    • Some sing “Auld Lang Syne” to usher in the New Year.

    Old Calendars

    • The old Roman Calendar has only 10 months starting with March
      So, March signified the New Year
    • Some civilizations celebrate Vernal equinox or First Day of Spring
      e.g. Persian New Year
      So, the New Year will fall around 20th – 22nd March

    Lunar New Year

    • Falls around end of January or beginning of February
    • Celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese

    Luni-solar New Year

    • Falls in mid-April
    • Celebrated by Burmese / Myanmar, Thai, Cambodia, Laos
    • Burmese New Year follows Thingyan (which means change)
      Maha Thingyan means Great Change (from one year to the next).
      Cula Thingyan means Small Change (from one month/yathi to another month/yathi)
    • 3 or 4 days of Thingyan (also known as Water Throwing Festival)

    Miscellaneous

    • New Year of the indigenous people
      e.g. Karen New Year