Wishing You a Blessed New Year in Different languages

Wishing You a Blessed New Year

Afgani	Saale Nao Mubbarak
Afrikaans	Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Albanian	Gezuar Vitin e Ri
Armenian	Snorhavor Nor Tari
Arabic	Antum salimoun
Assyrian	Sheta Brikhta
Azeri	Yeni Iliniz Mubarek!
Bengali	Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Bulgarian	×åñòèòà Íîâà Ãîäèíà(pronounced "Chestita Nova Godina")
Cambodian	Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
Catalan	FELIÇ ANY NOU
Chinese	Xin Nian Kuai Le
Corsican Language	Pace e Salute
Croatian	Sretna Nova godina!
Cymraeg (Welsh)	Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Czechoslovakia	Scastny Novy Rok
Denish	Godt Nytår
Dhivehi	Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen
Dutch	GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR!
Eskimo	Kiortame pivdluaritlo
Esperanto	Felican Novan Jaron
Estonians	Head uut aastat!
Ethiopian:	MELKAM ADDIS AMET YIHUNELIWO!
Finnish	Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French	Bonne Annee
Gaelic	Bliadhna mhath ur
Galician [NorthWestern Spain]	Bo Nadal e Feliz Aninovo
German	Prosit Neujahr
Greek	Kenourios Chronos
Gujarati	Nutan Varshbhinandan
Hawaiian	Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew	L'Shannah Tovah
Hindi	Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
Hong kong	(Cantonese) Sun Leen Fai Lok
Hungarian	Boldog Ooy Ayvet
Indonesian	Selamat Tahun Baru
Iranian	Saleh now mobarak
Iraqi	Sanah Jadidah
Irish	Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
Italian:	Felice anno nuovo
Japan:	Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Kabyle:	Asegwas Amegaz
Kannada:	Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu
Kisii:	SOMWAKA OMOYIA OMUYA
Khmer:	Sua Sdei tfnam tmei
Korea:	Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo!
Kurdish:	NEWROZ PIROZBE
Lithuanian:	Laimingu Naujuju Metu
Laotian:	Sabai dee pee mai
Macedonian	Srekjna Nova Godina
Malay	Selamat Tahun Baru
Marathi :	Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha
Malayalam :	Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal
Maltese	Is-Sena t- Tajba
Nepal	Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana
Norwegian	Godt Nyttår
Papua New Guinea	Nupela yia i go long yu
Pampango (Philippines)	Masaganang Bayung Banua
Pashto	Nawai Kall Mo Mubarak Shah
persian	Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam
Philippines	Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish:	Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese	Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi	Nave sal di mubarak
Romanian	AN NOU FERICIT
Russian	S Novim Godom
Samoa	Manuia le Tausaga Fou
Serbo-Croatian	Sretna nova godina
Sindhi	Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje
Singhalese	Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
siraiki	Nawan Saal Shala Mubarak Theevay
Slovak	A stastlivy Novy Rok
slovenian	sreèno novo leto
Somali	Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican!
Spanish	Feliz Ano ~Nuevo
Swahili	Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº
Swedish	GOTT NYTT ÅR! /Gott nytt år!
Sudanese	Warsa Enggal
Tamil	Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal
Telegu	Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu
Thai	Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish	Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian	Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku
Urdu	Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho
Uzbek	Yangi Yil Bilan
Vietnamese	Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Welsh :	Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!

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Happy New Year

All the best to all Filipinos living and working in UAE
Have a fruitful and great New Year!
Greetings from www.pinoyexpatuae.com

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Public and private sector holidays on December 28 and January 1

Public and private sector holidays on December 28 and January 1
Published in Gulfnews on 23rd December 2008

Abu Dhabi: The public and private sectors will get a day off on Sunday, December 28, to mark the Hijri New Year and another holiday on Thursday, January 1, to mark the Gregorian New Year.

According to a circular issued by Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Health and Chairman of the Civil Service Council, the public sector will remain closed on December 28 and January 1.

Another circular issued by Saqr Gobash, Minister of Labour, states that the private sector will have similar holidays.

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Celebrating Christmas in UAE

Celebrating Christmas

By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter Published in Gulfnews: November 02, 2007, 01:20

Christians in the UAE are well catered for with a large mix of churches and parishes to attend with services and masses in as many languages as there are nationalities, or nearly. With Christmas just around the corner worshippers will be able to attend either morning or afternoon mass before going to midnight high mass if they so wish. Some carol singing has been organised in most parishes on Christmas Eve. Most emirates have a Christian place of worship with scheduled weekly services throughout the year. St Francis of Assisi Church in Jebel Ali is having an open door policy on Christmas Day for anybody feeling lonely at this time of year. They are also organising a lunch for the poor and lonely on Christmas day. On the east coast choirs in Dibba, Fujairah and Khor Fakhan linked to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be visiting homes to sing Christmas carols. Father Michael Cardoz said the 35-strong church choir goes around and sings to families and people who invite them. Roman Catholics and Protestants celebrate Christmas on December 25. Greek, Syrian, and Ethiopian orthodox churches celebrate on January 6 and Armenian Christians celebrate on it January 18. The Christmas season starts on Christmas Eve, or the night that Jesus Christ was born and lasts until January 6, or the day that the Wise Men visited the child Jesus, celebrated as the Epiphany. In the Philippines, at Christmas people eat native foods such as puto bumbong rice steamed inside a bumbong, or small bamboo tube, bibingka rice cake with salted eggs and fresh coconut meat and suman steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves outside the church. Traditional foods served for the evening meal are ham or roast pig, cheeses, spring rolls, noodle dishes, chestnuts, and hot tsokolate (a native chocolate drink) and salabat (ginger tea). In India, the Christmas lunch menu is roast duck, sometimes pork and mince pies and rice dumplings. In the south, there are appams pancakes made of a batter of rice flour and coconut milk enjoyed with mutton stew. There is avial, murukku a fried pretzel made of lentil and rice flour and athirasam gracing the table alongside the Christmas pudding. The Arabic Christmas meal often features meat or chicken, traditional refreshments and a dessert called Bûche de Noël, a French Christmas cake decorated to look like a yule log. Traditionally throughout the Middle East people visit friends on Christmas morning and are offered coffee, liqueurs and sugared almonds. Lunch consists of chicken and rice, and kubbeh, which is made of crushed boiled wheat or burghul mixed with meat, onion, salt and pepper. In the United Kingdom, Christmas pudding and mince pies are top fare. Turkey with all the trimmings, cranberry sauce and at least six vegetables are traditional. Church services Abu Dhabi St Joseph's Cathedral, 02 4461929 Dec 24 8pm mass, 11pm carol singing, Midnight high mass Dec 25 Christmas services at 7am, 9am, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm Dubai St Mary's Church, 04 3370087, 04 3358504 Dec 24 morning mass in English 6.15am, 7am, 9am Christmas mass 4.30pm, 7.30pm, Midnight high mass French service at 6pm and Arabic service at 9pm Dec 25 in English 6.15am, 7.15am, 8.30am, 10 am, 3pm, 4.30pm, 6pm, 7.30pm. In Italian 11.30 am and in Sri Lankan 11.30 am in the mini hall. Tamil 8pm in main hall and Arabic at 9pm in main church. Jebel Ali St Francis of Assisi Church, Dec 24 Carol singing 6pm, Family mass 6.30pm, English mass 8pm, Carol singing 10pm, Syro Malankara Mass 11pm, Malayalam Mass 00.30 Dec 25 English mass at 6.30am, 8am and 9am, Singhalese mass at 10am in main church, German mass at 10.30am, English mass 11am in parish hall, Spanish mass at 11.30am, Italian mass at 12.30pm, French at mass at 4.30pm and Korean mass at 5pm in parish hall. Open house from 2.30pm to 10pm. Sharjah St Michael's Church, 06 5662424, 5662049 Dec 24 8.30pm, carol singing at 11pm followed by midnight mass Dec 25 Christmas service at 8am, 9.30am, 5.30pm, 7pm, 8pm Al Ain St Mary's Church, 03 7214417 Dec 24 Carol singing at 11pm, Confession service at 11.45pm, High Mass at midnight Dec 25 Christmas service at 8am, a Pakistani mass at midday, evening mass at 6pm and 7.30pm Fujairah Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 09 2231377 Dec 24 Evening mass at 9pm Dec 25 10am and 7.30pm.

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