Quick answerWhy do the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands not celebrate the New Year on a fixed date?
Most indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands follow the agricultural calendar. They regard the moment of the first rain with thunder in the year, signalling that the rainy season and the swidden season are coming, around the end of the second and the beginning of the third lunar month, as the start of the new year. That is why they celebrate the New Year over a long period from the first to the third month every year, tied to the agricultural cycle rather than to a fixed date.
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