Tuesday, April 26, 2016

History of the Turkish New Year tree

History of the Turkish New Year tree

Christmas decorations. It is known as a New Year tree since it is particular to the New Year and, with around 95% of Turkey's populace Muslim, most Turks don't observe Christmas.

After the modernisation of Turkey, the Islamic timetable and the financial date-book were supplanted by the Gregorian logbook and New Year festivities began in the late 1920s. The festivals got to be famous in Turkey and Christmas trees were brought into the nation as New Year trees. From that point forward, the custom of setting up a tree for the New Year is a customary occasion in Turkey. It is generally set up between the start of December and the end of January, the mid date being New Year's Eve. Likewise, the propensity for giving presents at Christmas was changed to the giving of New Year presents. The New Year tree can be viewed as a case of westernized Turkish society or Turkified European society.

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A thirteenth century portrayal of St. Nicholas from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

Holy person Nicholas of Myra was a fourth century Greek Christian minister of Myra (nowDemre) in Lycia, a territory of the Byzantine Empire, now in Turkey. Nicholas was renowned for his liberal endowments.


In 1937, a Novy God (New Year) Tree was additionally introduced in the Moscow House of the Unions. A welcome to the Yolka at the Palace of Unions turned into a matter of honor for Soviet youngsters. After the disintegration of the USSR, religious opportunity was permitted and subsequently, the New Year tree is to a great extent being supplanted by the Christmas tree.

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