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APPROACHING the turn of the year, there are various traditions carried out by people in various parts of the world to celebrate the New Year of 2022. However, due to time differences, the moment of the turn of the year 2021 to 2022 cannot be celebrated simultaneously throughout the world. So, there are countries that celebrate the new year for the first time, and vice versa.
According to The Sun, parts of Kiribati, including the Line Islands and Kiritimati, are the first to celebrate the new year. Kiribati is already celebrating the New Year while the British are still relaxing with their coffee at 10:00 local time on December 31, 2021.
Then at 11.00 UK time or 18.00 WIB, the small Pacific Island of Tonga will welcome the new year along with New Zealand and Samoa.
The last country to celebrate the turn of the year 2022
After knowing which country celebrates the new year first, then which country celebrates the turn of the year last?
The last places to welcome the new year 2022 turned out to be small remote islands in the United States. Baker Island and Howland Island will witness New Year’s Day at 12.00 UK time or 19.00 WIB on January 1, 2022. However, because this island is uninhabited, there is no celebration here. The second place from the last is American Samoa, which is at 11.00 UK time or at 18.00 WIB on January 1, 2022.
Order of New Year celebrations around the world
Based on UK time (GMT), here’s the order in which the countries of the world will welcome the 2022 New Year:
December 31, 2021
(1). Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati, (2). New Zealand, (3). Fiji and Eastern Russia, (4). Eastern Australia (Melbourne and Sydney), (5). Central Australia (Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide), (6). Japan, South Korea and North Korea, (7). Western Australia (Perth and Eucla), (8). Chinese, Filipino, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia, (9). Myanmar and the Cocos Islands, (10). Bangladesh, (11). Nepal, India and Sri Lanka, (12). Pakistan, (13). Azerbaijan, (14). Iran, (15). Turkey, Iraq, Kenya and Western Russia, (16). Greece, Romania, South Africa, Hungary, and (17). Eastern European cities: Germany, France, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, Spain, England, Ireland, Ghana, Iceland, Portugal.
January 1, 2022
(1). Cape Verde and the Spanish Isles, (2). East Brazil, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Argentina, remaining territories in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, (3). Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada, Eastern Canada, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, (4) Eastern Standard Time in the US-New York, Washington, Detroit, and Cuba, (5). Central Standard Time in the US-Chicago, (6). Mountain Standard Time in the US – Colorado, Arizona, (7). Pacific Standard Time in US-LA, Nevada, (8). Alaska and French Polynesia, (9). Hawaii, Tahiti, and Cook Island, (10). American Samoa, (11). Baker Island, Howland Island. [kompas.com/photo special]
