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26-684: Digor may refer to: Digor (sports) , a traditional sport in Bhutan Digor dialect , a dialect of the Ossetian language Digor, Kars , a district in Turkey's Kars Province Digor (people) , a sub-division of the Ossetians. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Digor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

52-938: A lunar calendar or a lunisolar calendar . Chinese New Year , the Islamic New Year , Tamil New Year ( Puthandu ), and the Jewish New Year are among well-known examples. India, Nepal, and other countries also celebrate New Year on dates according to their own calendars that are movable in the Gregorian calendar. During the Middle Ages in Western Europe , while the Julian calendar was still in use, authorities moved New Year's Day, depending upon locale, to one of several other days, including March 1, March 25, Easter, September 1, and December 25. Since then, many national civil calendars in

78-400: A better force to displace other players' stones. Betting on the game differs from region to region and the occasion of the game being played. If the game is being played between villages, there may or may not be a bet. At times it is just played for the fame of victory. However, the game is mostly played to celebrate some occasions such as New Year and other major holidays. On such occasions,

104-578: A rigid adherence to form was never mandated in the church. Nevertheless, the principal points of development were maintained between east and west. The Roman and Constantinopolitan liturgical calendars remained compatible even after the East-West Schism in 1054. Separations between the Catholic General Roman Calendar and Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar grew only over several centuries' time. During those intervening centuries,

130-405: A time. Digor can be played as a team game or individual game. If there are three persons , the game is played as on individual gaming basis. If there are four or more persons, it is preferred to be played in two teams that compete against each other. There is no fixed numbers of players on the teams, but too many players make the game slower and cumbersome. So, normally seven players on each team

156-415: Is the maximum number for an ideal game. Unlike shot put, each player hurls a pair of spherical stones to the targets from one end to the other by swinging the arm below the shoulders. The target pegs are nailed into the ground with their tips at ground level. As in horseshoes , the players try to make their stone land and remain closest to the target peg. A point is scored if the distance between stone and

182-642: The Byzantine calendar ). September 1 was used in Russia from 1492 (A.M. 7000) until the adoption of both the Anno Domini notation and 1 January as New Year's Day, with effect from 1700, via December 1699 decrees (1735, 1736) of Tsar Peter I . Because of the division of the globe into time zones , the new year moves progressively around the globe as the start of the day ushers in the New Year. The first time zone to usher in

208-682: The Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox churches are unrelated to these systems but instead follow the Alexandrian calendar which fixed the wandering ancient Egyptian calendar to the Julian year . Their New Year celebrations on Neyrouz and Enkutatash were fixed; however, at a point in the Sothic cycle close to the Indiction ; between the years 1900 and 2100, they fall on September 11 during most years and September 12 in

234-745: The Dormition of the Theotokos ("falling asleep" of the Virgin Mary , August 15). This last feast is known in the Roman Catholic church as the Assumption. The dating of "September 1" is according to the "new" (revised) Julian calendar or the "old" (standard) Julian calendar, depending on which is used by a particular Orthodox Church. Hence, it may fall on September 1 on the civil calendar, or on September 14 (between 1900 and 2099 inclusive). The liturgical calendars of

260-618: The Latin Church Catholic ecclesiastic year was moved to the first day of Advent , the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day (November 30). By the time of the Reformation (early 16th century), the Roman Catholic general calendar provided the initial basis for the calendars for the liturgically oriented Protestants, including the Anglican and Lutheran Churches, who inherited this observation of

286-482: The Western World and beyond have changed to using one fixed date for New Year's Day, January 1—most doing so when they adopted the Gregorian calendar . Based on the used calendar new years are often categorized between lunar or lunisolar new years or solar new years . The new year of many South and Southeast Asian calendars falls between April 13–15, marking the beginning of spring. The early development of

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312-667: The ecclesiastical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church came to be used as the beginning of the Julian year : Over the centuries, countries changed between styles until the Modern Style (January 1) prevailed. For example, A more unusual case is France, which observed the Northern autumn equinox day (usually September 22) as "New Year's Day" in the French Republican Calendar , which was in use from 1793 to 1805. This

338-563: The Christian liturgical year coincided with the Roman Empire (east and west), and later the Byzantine Empire , both of which employed a taxation system labeled the Indiction , the years for which began on September 1. This timing may account for the ancient church's establishment of September 1 as the beginning of the liturgical year, despite the official Roman New Year's Day of January 1 in

364-625: The Julian calendar, because the Indiction was the principal means for counting years in the empires, apart from the reigns of the Emperors. The September 1 date prevailed throughout all of Christendom for many centuries, until subsequent divisions eventually produced revisions in some places. After the sack of Rome in 410, communications and travel between east and west deteriorated. Liturgical developments in Rome and Constantinople did not always match, although

390-624: The New Year, just west of the International Date Line , is located in the Line Islands , a part of the nation of Kiribati , and has a time zone 14 hours ahead of UTC . All other time zones are 1 to 25 hours behind, most in the previous day (December 31); on American Samoa and Midway , it is still 11 pm on December 30. These are among the last inhabited places to observe New Year. However, uninhabited outlying US territories Howland Island and Baker Island are designated as lying within

416-460: The betting is normally fixed on a grand feast and party where the loser will have to stand for the party solely or major chunk while the winner could share a little part. This kind of betting usually occurs for merrymaking and socializing within the communities or among the friends . New Year The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate

442-546: The event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar , the most widely used calendar system today, New Year occurs on January 1 ( New Year's Day , preceded by New Year's Eve ). This was also the first day of the year in the original Julian calendar and the Roman calendar (after 153 BC). Other cultures observe their traditional or religious New Year's Day according to their own customs, typically (though not invariably) because they use

468-436: The ground about 20 meters apart. The game is played all over Bhutan , but typically more in rural areas , and more often by men. The only required equipment for playing the game is a pair of flat spherical stones for each player. The size and weight of the stones differ from player to player depending on his choice and strength . A player can have as many stones of any size as he wants, but can play only two at

494-462: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digor&oldid=958037734 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Digor (sports) Digor is played with a pair of spherical flat stones that are hurled at two targets (pegs) fixed in

520-608: The liturgical new year. The present-day Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar is the virtual culmination of the ancient eastern development cycle, though it includes later additions based on subsequent history and lives of saints. It still begins on September 1, proceeding annually into the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8) and Exaltation of the Cross (September 14) to the celebration of Nativity of Christ (Christmas), through his death and resurrection (Pascha/Easter), to his Ascension and

546-517: The number of the players and the time the teams have. Unlike in archery, in digor the best players play first to occupy the area near the target. The players playing later are allowed to hit the stones of opponent players that have been played before with their own stones to displace them from the target and replace them with their stones. But it is more difficult if the stones played beforehand are heavy and solid. So, players prefer heavier stones so that these cannot be easily displaced or can be used as

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572-423: The peg is less than the distance between the thumb and middle finger of an outstretched palm. If two or more stones of opponent teams fall in same range, the closest stone will score the point. If all stones in the range belong to one team, then the team will score as many points as the number of stones. There is no fixed point score at which the game ends, but it is normally fixed at odd numbers up to 21, depending on

598-590: The time zone 12 hours behind UTC, the last places on Earth to see the arrival of January 1. These small coral islands are found about midway between Hawaii and Australia, about 1,000 miles west of the Line Islands. This is because the International Date Line is a composite of local time zone arrangements, which winds through the Pacific Ocean, allowing each locale to remain most closely connected in time with

624-508: The years preceding a leap year . During the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire , years began on the date on which each consul first entered the office. This was probably May 1 before 222 BC, March 15 from 222 BC to 154 BC, and January 1 from 153 BC. In 45 BC, when Julius Caesar 's new Julian calendar took effect, the Senate fixed January 1 as the first day of the year. At that time, this

650-501: Was primidi Vendémiaire , the first day of the first month. It took quite a long time before January 1 again became the universal or standard start of the civil year. The years of adoption of January 1 as the new year are as follows: March 1 was the first day of the numbered year in the Republic of Venice until its destruction in 1797, and in Russia from 988 until 1492 ( Anno Mundi 7000 in

676-569: Was the date on which those who were to hold civil office assumed their official position, and it was also the traditional annual date for the convening of the Roman Senate. This civil new year remained in effect throughout the Roman Empire, east and west, during its lifetime and well after, wherever the Julian calendar continued in use. In the Middle Ages in Europe a number of significant feast days in

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