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The new year 2021 has started in Samoa, Kiribati, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia.
Residents of the island states of the South Pacific (Samoa, Kiribati and Tonga) were the first in the world to celebrate 2021. Write about it BNO News.
“Samoa and parts of Kiribati are in the world’s furthest time zone, 14 hours ahead of UTC. This means that when Friday arrived in Samoa and Kiribati, it was still Wednesday in places like American Samoa, ”the newspaper said.
In New Zealand, on the occasion of the holidays, a show with 500 kg of fireworks was organized, Euronews reported. The television channel noted that the celebrations in the country will take place in a traditional way, as there are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The government has introduced a strict quarantine policy for those entering the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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In Australia, the New Year was celebrated without public events. Sydney hosted a traditional fireworks display over the city’s harbor. Usually a million people come to see it. Sydney residents saw the light show on television this year.
Residents of South Korea will celebrate the upcoming New Year, writes Mentalfloss.
25 hours after the celebration in Samoa, at 5:00 am ET, the New Year will begin in American Samoa. ABOUTStrov Baker will be the last place on Earth, where 2021 arrives, the newspaper notes.
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