Shinto practitioners have gatherings called shinenkai to celebrate this event on gantan-sai, and Tibetans refer to it as Losar.
Zoroastrians celebrate this event by performing the Haft-Sin, in which they set a table with seven items that are chosen because they all start with the latter "S" in Arabic. That tradition celebrating this event was initiated by King Jamshid on the day that he was raised up into the heavens on a throne of jewels. A Yoruban custom of celebrating this event is now called the Odunde Festival. Shinto practitioners have gatherings called shinenkai to celebrate this event on gantan-sai, and Tibetans refer to it as Losar. Other rituals performed on this day include the playing of a dice game called "fish-prawn-crab," and the throwing of bread crumbs into a flowing body of water. Elders give red envelopes filled with money to their children in a Vietnamese custom on this day, which is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days. For 10 points, name this celebration which includes the Tet holiday and Rosh Hashanah.
Zoroastrians celebrate this event by performing the Haft-Sin, in which they set a table with seven items that are chosen because they all start with the latter "S" in Arabic.
New Year's Day [or answers about festivals in honor of the New Year; or New Year's Eve]