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3. Both have songs for new years

2. Both may also have special food during their time

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4. Both use a natural phenomenon as an indicator of the New Year

1. Both have family celebrations

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Sumbanese New Year

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Everything done in the New Year celebration is meant to please the Marapu and have them protect their rice crops. The Pasola, and the Marapu are mainly related to birth.

In the video, people of Sumba are shown to be in horses battling with spears charging at each other. Also it is explained by a Sumbanese person that the Pasola and New Year are used to please the Marapu which a very important person in their culture.

Dry season (tropical climate)

The climate during Sumbanese new year is tropical

In the video, the climate is shown as a dry season where the location is shown to be tropical climate

Pasola

new years song

special food: worms with rice

visits and offering to ancestors' tombs

Nyale Full moon

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Our new year

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Jesus Birth- renovation, life cycle, fertility

In the US there are Christianic beliefs that during the new year, Jesus was born

Northern hemisphere: Winter(temperate climates: Atlantic, Northtime, Meditterainian, Continental)

In the nothern hemisphere, the climate is usually at low temperatures

The Arctic is the area that is north of the Arctic Circle at 66.5°N. It has a climate with very cold winters and cool summers. In the winter, it is in complete darkness for 24 hours per day and in the summer it receives 24 hours of sunlight.

Family reunions

During the winter in the US, families reunite for traditions like a christmas dinner or new years

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Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)

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New year is typically during the winter in the northern hemisphre

"In the USA and some other areas in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice marks the first day of winter. However, the official date for the first day of winter varies depending on the country's climate, and whether they follow astronomical or meteorological seasons. " timeanddate.com