new year's eve
Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by...
If President Jacob Zuma was hoping to leave the booing at Nelson Mandela's memorial behind him with the rest of 2013, he is in for a rude...
![[Slideshow]Hello 2014: Celebrating the new year](https://cdn.mg.co.za/crop/content/images/2014/01/02/nyears2013promo.jpg/1x1/)
From kissing to prayer ceremonies and some rather wacky traditions, like taking a dip in icy water, here’s how the world ushered in 2014.
Dubai shattered the world record for the largest ever pyrotechnic display on New Year's Eve with a show involving more than half a million...
South Africa's top tourist drawcard Cape Town bid farewell to 2013 with a 3D video send-off of Nelson Mandela as the nation entered the new...
Law enforcement agencies appealed to revellers on Monday to abide by the law as they prepare to usher in the New Year.
The New Year's custom in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, of throwing furniture out of windows of tall buildings has...
1. They celebrated the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, when day and night are equal, which the Babylonians' regarded as the beginning...
![[Slideshow]The world welcomes 2013](https://cdn.mg.co.za/crop/content/images/2013/01/02/RTR3C0DO.jpg/1x1/)
The Mail & Guardian takes a look at how people all around the globe welcomed in the new year.
The enthusiastic welcome to 2013 was continuing on a grand scale across Asia. Increasingly democratic Myanmar is having a public countdown for the...
Notorious for rowdy celebrations, the final night of 2011 was relatively tame by Hillbrow's standards.
Fridges might fly and beds may fall from the sky as residents in Johannesburg's Hillbrow district see in the New Year by throwing broken furniture...
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