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10 rituals that are performed around the world on New Year's Eve for a super lucky year

2023-12-28 22:42:52Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the most superstitious holiday there is. We leave the old year behind and look to the future with positivity, always hoping for the best. This feeling is translated into good luck rituals and gestures aimed at attracting good luck.

In Italy, you cannot miss a dinner based on pork sausage and lentils, accompanied by concerts, dances and card games. But how does the rest of the world spend New Year's Eve? Discover the traditions and rituals of fortune.

Brazil

On New Year's Eve, the South American country celebrates with three types of menus depending on whether the places are close to the sea, or in the more inland areas. Boys tend to wear yellow, in honor of the sun, life and gold, a symbol of abundance. It is customary for the head of the family to throw a glass of wine over his shoulder to ward off bad luck, while the young people of the coastal towns do not give up the midnight swim.

Belgium

To cleanse the body after Christmas feasts to prepare for the new year. This is how the New Year is celebrated in Belgium, with a nice onion soup ending the dinner and the festivities in the first light of dawn. It is a good omen to put a coin or some cabbage leaves under the plate.

China

Here, New Year's Eve is not celebrated on December 31, as in the Gregorian calendar, but on a day following the lunar calendar, which can vary from January 21 to February 19. The celebrations last for two weeks and end with the Lantern Festival.

During the celebrations people dress in red, a color which, according to tradition, would frighten Nian, the mythological monster who according to legend came out of his lair every 12 months to devour human beings, the one represented by the lion mask that parades through the city.

Germany

During the German New Year, people dress up, drink red wine and eat nuts. More traditionalists drink Feuerzangenboëie, a fraternal drink made with wine, cinnamon and rum.

At the end of the evening, a plate full of food is left on the table, to welcome the new year with prosperity and abundance.

Japan

In the Land of the Rising Sun, New Year's Eve is taken advantage of to do a big house cleaning, which lasts for three days, until January 3. During this period it is celebrated by thanking the gods for the harvest and welcoming the spirits of the ancestors by decorating the house with pine branches, bamboo and straw. At midnight, the bells of Buddhist temples ring 108 times to confess all the sins of the people.

Greece

If you celebrate at home, each guest, as soon as they enter the front door, must open a pomegranate: the more seeds spilled on the floor, the better their luck will be during the year. Saint Basil's cake is served on the table, inside which a coin is hidden. The lucky one who finds it will have a rich and prosperous year.

England

During New Year's Eve it is customary to eat turkey stuffed with chestnuts and pudding, a bit like Christmas. The evening continues with various games, such as fishing with hands for dried fruits floating on a flame-lit drink, dancing in a circle consisting of 13 red candles placed on the floor without blowing out a single one, and finally, eating of an apple found hanging on a string without extinguishing the candle at the other end.

Russia

Here New Year's Eve is celebrated twice. On December 31, according to the Gregorian calendar and on January 13 according to the Julian calendar (also called Old New Year). On December 31st we wait for midnight to dance and eat a typical and auspicious dessert, prunes filled with hazelnuts and covered with sour cream. Then, at the twelfth toll of the bells, the front door opens to usher in the new year.

Spain

The Spanish wait for midnight by eating buñuelos, puff pastry covered in sugar. At the first ringing of the new year, it is customary to throw twelve grapes, one for each month, to attract luck and abundance.

Here too, people try to wear something red. Moreover, it is a good omen to put a ring on the cup of the first bread, which will bring good luck to the wearer.

Thailand

Thai New Year is celebrated from April 13 to 15, which coincides with the beginning of the Buddhist year. It is one of the most awaited festivals of the year and the most visited by tourists. Tradition has it that offerings are made to the temple by dousing Buddha images with water sprays and thoroughly cleaning houses.

This results in a water fight being thrown on bystanders, which according to tradition would ward off bad luck. Everything from basins to walking sticks to elephants is used to do this.


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