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The
celebratory
presence
of the
Baby
New
Year
has
its
origins
in ancient
Greece,
where
a baby
in a
basket
was
carried
through
crowds
of revellers
celebrating
the
rebirth
of the
god
Dionysus
as the
spirit
of fertility.
Roman
culture
knew
the
same
god
as Bacchus,
painted
here
in his
rebirth
as a
wine
drinking
baby
by the
italian
artist
Guido
Reni
in the
year
1623.
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