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In cultures that traditionally or currently use calendars other than the Gregorian, New Year's Day is often also an important celebration. Some countries concurrently use Gregorian and another calendar. New Year's Day in the alternative calendar attracts alternative celebrations of that new year: African SEP 11 37 Fri Nayrouz  and  Enkutatash  are the New Year's Days of the Coptic Egyptians and the Ethiopians, respectively. Between 1900 and 2100, both occur on 11 September in most years and on 12 September in the years before Gregorian  leap years . They preserve the legacy of the ancient Egyptian new year Wepet Renpet, which originally marked the onset of the  Nile   flood  but which  wandered through the seasons  until the introduction of leap years to the  traditional calendar  by  Augustus  in 30-20   BC. In Ethiopia, the new year is held to mark the end of the summer  rainy season . JUN 14 24...

In cultures that traditionally or currently use calendars other than the Gregorian, New Year's Day is often also an important celebration. Some countries concurrently use Gregorian and another calendar. New Year's Day in the alternative calendar attracts alternative celebrations of that new year: African SEP 11 37 Fri Nayrouz  and  Enkutatash  are the New Year's Days of the Coptic Egyptians and the Ethiopians, respectively. Between 1900 and 2100, both occur on 11 September in most years and on 12 September in the years before Gregorian  leap years . They preserve the legacy of the ancient Egyptian new year Wepet Renpet, which originally marked the onset of the  Nile   flood  but which  wandered through the seasons  until the introduction of leap years to the  traditional calendar  by  Augustus  in 30-20   BC. In Ethiopia, the new year is held to mark the end of the summer  rainy season . JUN 14 24...