What Is The Meaning Of January?
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What is the meaning of January?
The first monthas the great way tonew years,and takes its
name from janus, a two headed Roman god who guarded doors
and gates. One of his heads was said to look towards the
past,the other to future,when romans first borrowed their
calender from greeker,they had a year only 304 days long
and eivided into ten months,beginning with march. Legene
has it that January and February were added by a king of
Rome called Numa Pompilius in about 700 BC. He made
January the eleventh monthand February the twelvetn. This
calender though more accurate then the old one, was still
not good enough. By the time of Julius Caesar,the dates
were 3 months ahead of seasons. So, in 46 Bc.Caesar
ordered that the calender be brought up to date, and is
doing so made January the first monthand February the
second,Caesar?s calender,called the Julian calender was
used for 1500 years. January 1st new Year?s day is
celebrated a holiday in Manycountries. The Scottish
Hogmanay is famous all over the world,and the custom of
letting in new year by joininghands of mid night to sing
auld lang syme is observed in Britain and many other
English speaking countries. New Year?s dayis a great time
for family parties and reunions,and a time for New year
resolutions-not all which,however are kept for verylong!
In big cities of world,manypeople gather in a main square
to welcome the New Year. Inlondon,Tranfalgar square in the
traditinalgathering place,while new yorners crowd into
times square. Injapan,new year clebrating so onfor a three
days. In India,January 1st is a public holiday.
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