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The inhabitants of Kiribati i Samoa, island nations located in the South Pacific, they were the first to fire in 2020 and receive in 2021.
These tropical archipelagos, with a combined population of just over 300,000, greeted the New Year at 10.00 GMT and thus entered on 1 January.
The next to receive in 2021 are the inhabitants of the New Zealand island of Chatham, located about 680 kilometers east of the main islands of this country.
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The rest of the inhabitants of New Zealand and the population of Fiji i Tonga they release a year later.
New Zealand, one of the countries that are best managing the coronavirus pandemic, keeps its traditional fireworks in the city of Auckland to welcome the new year.
Australia, which receives the year us at 13.00 GMT in much of the country, it holds the famous Sydney Fireworks, one of the shows that traditionally open the planet’s celebrations to welcome the new year, but without the attendance of mass audiences for the restrictions imposed by an outbreak of covid-19.
After Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asian countries have the last minutes of 2020 with pandemic restrictions that include the cancellation of agglomerations and fireworks in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Although Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam receive their New Year on different dates, they also celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, especially in the big cities.