New Year tree
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New Year trees are decorated trees similar to Christmas trees that are displayed to specifically celebrate the New Year. They should not be confused with the practice of leaving up a Christmas tree until after New Year's Day. New Year trees are common in various cultures and nations, chiefly the former Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia, Turkey, China and Vietnam.
New Year tree on the Red Square. Moscow, Russia.
New Year tree on Abdi İpekçi Avenue in Nişantaşı. Istanbul, Turkey.
A 1931 edition of the Soviet magazine Bezbozhnik, distributed by the League of Militant Atheists, depicting an Orthodox Christian priest being forbidden to cut down a tree for Christmas
New year decorations in a Turkish home
Ceremonial pole
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A ceremonial pole is a stake or post utilised or venerated as part of a ceremony or religious ritual. Ceremonial poles may symbolize a variety of concepts in different ceremonies and rituals practiced by a variety of cultures around the world.
A series of serges at Shamanka on the Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal
Jangseung and sotdae near Ongcheon-ri, Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
A gudhi pole in Maharashtra, India
Dancing around the maypole, in Åmmeberg, Sweden