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What you need to know about Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake
The Lunar New Year usually starts sometime between late January and mid-February. This year, the festivities begin on ...
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New Year, Same as the Old Year
The pagans of Rome engaged in debauchery and resolutions for the new year -- something ... turned the first day of the year into a holy day to curb people's pagan behaviors. Most of Western ...
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Bulgaria Pagan New Year
Bulgarian kukeri dancers hold their torches as they perform Surva ritual celebrating the New Year with colorful garments, bells and masks, to ward off evil spirits and bring prosperity ...
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Exploding snowmen and pagan rituals: Kick off the New Year at Europe’s most unique winter festivals
Whether it’s torchlit processions, folk dances or modernised pagan rituals ... a fiery celebration steeped in 800-year-old traditions. Dedicated to Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals ...