On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:46:32 -0800, Ken Steele wrote:
I agree that it is a stunt to show off what money can do. But
I thought it was an odd choice for a PR stunt by a Muslim country.
I thought it was odd as well. But I assume they get their PR
advice from "Don Draper" types from western firms. I think
the fireworks display is more for Western/Non-Islamic countries
than for Islamic ones.
Dubai may have the money and the world's tallest building but
do they have this charming tradition?
http://www.clayscorner.com/new-years-eve.shtml
I don't think so -- I don't think they have possums. However, since
the ceremony of the dropping of the ball on New Year's Eve started
in 1906 in Timed Square (which was then accessible by the new IRT
subway), other places have decided to drop "objects/animals/people"
in other places, in keeping with local customs. Here is one list of
such "droppings"; see:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/pickles-possums-peeps-the-things-we-drop-to-ring-in-the-new-year/282740/
I notice that Mount Olive, North Carolina drops a singe pickle to
signal the new year. One wonders if they ever included two slices
of cucumbers with the pickle. ;-)
A more comprehensive list of "droppings" is provided on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_objects_dropped_on_New_Year%27s_Eve
And one wonders what "Papa" Hemingway would make of the dropping
of the "Drag Queen" in Key West; see:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/31/us/new-years-drag-queen-drop/
I guess one has to say that it's hard to beat the U.S.'s "droppings".
;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
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