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Leggi attentamente e scoprirai come si festeggia il 31 Dicembre in Scozia.
What is Hogmanay?
Hogmany is the name for the party celebrated on the 31st of December in Scotland. In fact New Years’ Eve in Edinburgh, is the biggest party in the world. However, if you want to enter the city for the party, you need a ticket, and if you want to book a hotel for this event, you may have to book a year or more before.
Hogmanay is celebrated on New Year's Eve, every year. Usually in a most exuberant fashion in Scotland as hundreds of thousands of revellers (festaioli) take to the streets to see in the New Year (festeggiare il Capodanno). In the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh it has become a huge ticketed festival.
Celebrations start in the early evening and reach a crescendo by midnight. Minutes before the start of New Year, a lone piper plays, then the bells of Big Ben chime at the turn of midnight, lots of kissing, and everyone sings Auld Lang Syne. And then there is more kissing. Elsewhere in Scotland, particularly in more remote parts, customary first footing and Scottish dances, or ceilidhs (pronounced "kayli"), take place. For centuries, fire ceremonies -- torch light processions, fireball swinging and lighting of New Year fires -- played an important part in the Hogmanay celebrations. And they still do.
Adapted from wikipedia.com.
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