Does everybody have a New Years?

choosybeggar · January 1, 2001, 6:51pm

I’m no anthropologist, still I wonder whether every culture studied marks the turn of a New Year?

What_a · January 1, 2001, 7:53pm

There’s tribes in the interior of Brazil that don’t stay in one area, but plant by slash and burn year round. With no seasons, they have no calendar.

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