|
Title: Happy New Year, from around the world, to all our readers ! Post by: mobaholic on December 30, 2008, 05:52:21 PM (http://i43.tinypic.com/5mz2mr.jpg)
In Sydney, Australia, party-goers counted down to midnight, when a gong sparked off a massive sound and light display on the Harbour Bridge (http://i39.tinypic.com/2zh4ok6.jpg) Classical music was played to the firework display followed by music from Kylie and INXS (http://i44.tinypic.com/117ha8m.jpg) In Tokyo, Japan, worshippers strike a giant bell at a Buddhist temple to celebrate the New Year (http://i42.tinypic.com/6gcynb.jpg) And Japanese people release balloons to celebrate the arrival of 2004 (http://i44.tinypic.com/25s0q60.jpg) In Hong Kong, people use balloons and confetti to help bring in the New Year (http://i39.tinypic.com/25s9bi0.jpg) Thousands of people gathered to see the fireworks in London (http://i42.tinypic.com/a0ghe8.jpg) The displays from the Millennium Wheel were spectacular (http://i42.tinypic.com/zum7hd.jpg) Hundreds of thousands of party-goers gathered for the 100th annual New Year celebrations in New York's Time Square (http://i39.tinypic.com/x29nxc.jpg) Everyone cheered as confetti and fireworks were released at midnight (http://i44.tinypic.com/244d3k7.jpg) Fireworks explode over Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (http://i43.tinypic.com/2ppkoq1.jpg) Every year crowds gather in Copenhagen to hear the last strokes of the Town Hall clock ending the year (http://i43.tinypic.com/2w70pjm.jpg) Spectators watch fireworks in front of the Palace Kultury in Warsaw, Poland (http://i42.tinypic.com/678gf5.jpg) Fireworks at the St Basil Cathedral during the New Year's celebration at the Red Square in Moscow (http://i42.tinypic.com/ifpgg8.jpg) Spectators watched fireworks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Thanks to the BBC website. :) :) :) |