Old New Year

informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calenda in Eastern Europe, Wales (as Hen Galan), Switzerland (as Alter Silvester), etc.
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Old New Year

Summary

Old New Year is a holiday[1]. It draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (holiday category, ranking #144 of 616).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old New Year's instance of is recorded as holiday[3].
  • Old New Year's instance of is recorded as Celtic tradition[4].
  • Old New Year's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09sw28[5].
  • Old New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 13[6].
  • Old New Year's described at URL is recorded as https://levandekulturarv.se/forteckningen/element/vasilica[7].
  • Old New Year's described at URL is recorded as https://levandekulturarv.se/in-english/the-inventory/submissions/vasilica[8].
  • Old New Year's connects with is recorded as Mari Lwyd[9].
  • Old New Year's connects with is recorded as Calennig[10].
  • Old New Year's NE.se ID is recorded as vasilica[11].
  • Old New Year's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden[12].
  • Old New Year's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[13].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Old New Year include The it[14], a television film[15], directed by Naum Ardashnikov[16].

Why It Matters

Old New Year draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (holiday category, ranking #144 of 616).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include The it[14], a television film[15], directed by Naum Ardashnikov[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Living traditions – An inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. Retrieved . levandekulturarv.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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