Just a few days after Christmas, New Year in Tanzania is celebrated with much pomp and gusto. Among the principal festivals and events in Tanzania, New Year in Tanzania claims to be a huge draw.
Amongst the major destinations, New Year in Tanzania is celebrated with great vibrancy in Zanzibar.
New Year celebrations are among the oldest of all events across the world. It was first celebrated in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. Around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year started with the first New Moon after the Vernal Equinox.
New Year in Tanzania and across the world is often celebrated during spring. Spring is the season of rebirth, of sowing new seeds and of blooming of new flowers.
The Babylonian New Year celebrations took place for over eleven days. Each day was celebrated in its own unique way. It is believed that the earlier celebrations took place with much greater vibrancy than in modern times.
The Romans observed the New Year during late March. Various emperors fiddled with the date and the calendar was out of sync with the sun. Some serious action was taken to set the calendar right. The Roman senate in the year 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the start of the New Year. But tampering continued even after that and followed even during the reign of Julius Caesar. The Julian calendar in 46 BC again stressed on January 1 as the New Year.
Today, the world celebrates New Year on 1st January every year. The entire world is draped in color and vibrancy during this day. Like all other countries, Zanzibar observes New Year in a grand way. People greet each other with warmth and care. Everyone seems to make a resolution on this day for the coming year.
You can spend Tanzania New Year in a little hammock in Zanzibar and indulge in a game of Bao. You can gorge on a sumptuous meal at the Kendwa Rocks, a bar further down the beach, popular for its Full Moon Parties.
Spend your New Year in Tanzania with gusto and colorful celebrations. It will surely be a memorable experience.
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