Is New Years Really Pagan?'

Is New Years Really Pagan?'
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The Origin of New Year’s Day
Humans have celebrated the start of the new year for thousands of years. In most cases, these celebrations were linked to agricultural and astronomical events.

The earliest recorded New Year’s day celebration was 4,000 years ago in Babylon. It took place during the first new moon following the vernal equinox. Yes, the New Year actually begins in spring, not winter. This was so because there was an equal amount of sunlight and darkness heralding the start of a new year and representing the rebirth of the natural world.

Akitu
To mark the new year, the Babylonians celebrated a festival called Akitu. It derives from the Sumerian word for “barley.” The festival lasted 11 days and a different ritual was conducted on each day. Statues of the gods were paraded throughout the streets as rites were conducted to symbolize their victory over the forces of chaos.

They believed that through these rites, the world was cleansed and recreated by the gods in preparation for the new year and the return of spring.

The principal god celebrated during this festival was Marduk (Babylonian sky god). Marduk was celebrated for his mythical victory over the evil sea goddess, Tiamat.

During Akitu, the new king was crowned or the current monarch’s rule extended. The king practiced a public ritual of humiliation during which he was brought before the statue of Marduk. He was stripped off his robes, slapped, and dragged by the ears in the hope of making him cry. If he cried, this was seen as a sign that Marduk was satisfied and extended his rule.

A New Calendar
The modern celebration of New Year’s day originates from the Roman celebration of the god Janus. As is the case with every major holiday, New Year’s day corresponded with the start of a new season, in this case, the vernal equinox.

The Romans used a calendar consisting of 10 months and 304 days, with each new year beginning in the spring. Over the centuries, the calendar fell out of sync with the sun so in 46 BC, Julius Caesar “solved” the problem. He consulted with mathematicians and astronomers to create a new calendar based on the sun, which resembles the modern Gregorian calendar.

Thus, Caesar instituted January 1st as the first day of the year, partially in honor of the month’s namesake; Janus (the Roman god of change and beginnings).

Janus
This god’s full name is Janus bifrons, meaning, “the god who looked both ways.” It explains why Janus has 2 faces as a representation of his ability to look back into the past and forward into the future. This idea was tied to the concept of transition from one year to the next, from one vision to the next, and growth into adulthood. He was also worshipped at the beginning of harvest season, planting times, marriages, births, deaths, etc.
https://www.thescribesportion.com/the-pagan-origin-of-new-years-day/

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