Английская Википедия:First sunrise

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The first sunrise and torii (Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
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Viewing the first sunrise of the year and praying for world peace (Wakkanai City, Hokkaido, Japan)
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Viewing the first sunrise of the year was a popular pastime during the Edo period.

The First sunrise refers to the custom of observing the first sunrise of the year. Such a custom may be just an observation of the sunrise on a special day, or has a religious meaning for those who worship the Sun, such as the followers of traditional religions in Korea and Japan and the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat in the Arctic Circle, for praying for good luck.

Japan

In Japan, the observation of the first sunrise of the year (Шаблон:Lang-ja) on the first day on the Old Calendar has been part of the traditional Shintoist worship of Amaterasu, the sun goddess.[1] Nowadays, Japanese travel agents arrange trips to observe the earliest first sunrise of the year on the new Gregorian calendar in the easternmost Ogasawara Islands of the Japanese archipelago.

Mongolia

In Mongolia, there is a custom of observing the first sunrise on the first day of the year at the top of the mountain the Mongolian lunisolar calendar. commonly known as Tsagaan Sar. The holiday has shamanistic influences.[2][3]

Korea

In Korea, there is also a custom of observing the first sunrise on the first day of the year, either on the traditional Korean calendar or the new calendar.[4]

Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States

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Three qulliqs were used while viewing the first sunrise.

In the Arctic circle, the Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Chukchi and the Iñupiat observe the first sunrise on the first day of the year (Шаблон:Lang-iu) by extinguishing three qulliqs and relighting them to worship both Malina and Igaluk.[5][6]

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