Friday, January 1, 2016
NIGHT turn of the year is always
celebrated with great fanfare. People make resolutions and expect things to be
better in the New Year 2016. While the bad-bad was abandoned in 2015.
There are various ways to welcome the new
year. Different countries, different traditions, different celebrations anyway.
Only one of the same and rarely missed, the fireworks festival. While counting
down to enter in 2016, the sound of the eruption and colorful fireworks
decorate the night sky crowded.
Here is a New Year's Eve celebration in
2016 of the grandest in the world:
1. Sydney, Australia
Australia once again proved how wonderful
this popular international festival. Fireworks festival best and grandest ever
launched in Sydney. Exactly at 00.00, darkness broken by bursts of bright red
at the top of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.
Watched by millions of people, fireworks
Sydney accompanied by special effects form a giant Aboriginal flag, which is
one characteristic of the land of kangaroos. Music is also playing melodious,
singing hits in 2015. Call it in between Uptown Funk made famous singer Bruno
Mars and Hold Back The River sung James Bay.
Reportedly, the show was spent up AUD7
million or equivalent Rp70,6 billion and held for approximately 15 minutes.
2. London, England
If no one can match the splendor of the
fireworks show Australia, State of Queen Elizabeth was the one country. Lapse
of 11 hours from Sydney, London launched 10 thousand fireworks with 400
variants into a wonderful backdrop for the biggest clock in the largest
metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, Big Ben. Thousands of people gathered
on the banks of the River Thames to witness unforgettable moments and amaze
every eye of the beholder.
The spectacular performances dazzling London
for 11 minutes and spent less than Sydney, which is approximately GBP1,8
million or Rp36.7 billion.
3. China
In contrast to other countries in the
world in celebrating New Year's Eve. Chinese people welcome the New Year 2016
with hundreds of lanterns float on river Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu Province.
China has a new calendar year feast alone
that usually begins in early spring. In Indonesia, the Chinese New Year's Day
is usually called the Lunar and this year falls on February 8, 2016.
Chinese citizens also celebrate the
beginning of 2016 to count down in the largest Buddhist Temple in Beijing.