Lesotho Edition
Ano Viejo leads today's complete edition for Lesotho.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
No es un feriado oficial, pero intenta encontrar a alguien en el trabajo. El país se reúne en la costa para ver los fuegos artificiales de Valparaíso, come doce uvas a medianoche para doce deseos y brinda con champán. El espectáculo de Valparaíso son tres kilómetros de fuegos artificiales sobre la bahía y es espectacular. Las uvas son obligatorias.
The fireworks over Sydney Harbour are watched by a billion people worldwide and by a hundred thousand people standing in the Domain with warm champagne and sore feet. The countdown is shouted. The kiss at midnight is given. And someone has already set off illegal fireworks in the suburban backyard and the dog is under the bed.
Another midnight celebration with the whole family. The leftover pan dulce from Christmas reappears, the sidra is still flowing, and someone counts down from ten. Paper fireworks in the street, hugs all around, and the unshakeable feeling that next year, surely, things will be better. "El ano que viene si," the eternal Argentine hope.
The last day of the year is celebrated with church services, fireworks, and the tradition of staying up until midnight to greet the new year. The Basotho are a religious people, and the church service is the most important event of the evening. After the service, the families gather for the last meal of the year, and the tradition is to eat meat (because the new year should begin with abundance). The joala is passed around, the famo music plays, and the children run through the villages blowing whistles and beating drums. The mountains are dark and cold, but the villages are bright with firelight and song.