A
group of divers in Russia's Far East decided to be the first to celebrate the
coming of 2015 – by drinking champagne and swimming in circles around a New
Year tree at the bottom of a nearly frozen bay, RT.com reports.
“The feeling is amazing, visibility is good,
water temperature is about -1C. I think that in a day or so [the bay] will
freeze over completely,” one of the divers told RT’s Ruptly
agency.
The
divers entered the nearly frozen Shchitovaya Bay in the Ussuriysky Gulf on foot
on Saturday, breaking through the mushy ice. The group placed a decorated fir
tree at the bottom of the bay.
Once
completely underwater, they opened a bottle of champagne and shared a drink
together. Then all of them joined hands and circled around the tree.
Ruptly’s
video shows the whole event, which the group apparently enjoyed.
The extreme divers hail from Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok, which
will be one of the first regions to celebrate the New Year in the country with
11 timezones.
The
New Year holiday is extremely popular with Russians. Many also celebrate
Orthodox Christmas on January 7. Nowadays, an increasing number of people also
join the celebration of what is often referred to as Catholic Christmas on
December 25.
Meanwhile, a fir tree is
often decorated in homes well before the coming of the New Year and stands
until at least the so-called Old New Year on January 14.
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