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New Year 2024: Pacific countries celebrate the arrival of the new year
New Year 2024: Pacific countries celebrate the arrival of the new year – (franceinfo)
The world is gradually turning the page on 2023. Through the play of time zones, the Australians and New Zealand are among the first countries already in 2024.
Like every year, New Zealand kicked off the ball as the first countries to transition to 2024. The traditional fireworks display was set off from the Sky Tower in Auckland, in front of several thousand people at 11 a.m. French time. 2,000 kilometers away, at 1 p.m. Paris time, Australians also celebrated the end of 2023, with an impressive fireworks display on Opera Bay in Sydney.
Already 2024 in New Caledonia and South Korea
In Nouméa (New Caledonia), at the same time, a change of atmosphere. New Caledonia is the first French territory to welcome 2024. The celebration, to turn the page on 2023. In South Korea, it is the tradition of the transition to the new year: the tolling of the bell of the Bosingak pavilion. For the rest of the world, only a few more hours to wait before celebrating 2024.
