Thursday, 25 December 2014
New Year Customs of 10 Countries
- SpainSpanish people have had a traditional practice of celebrating New Year’s occasion. On the last day of the year, the 31st of December, they wait until 12 a.m. everybody must have to keep 12 grapes with themselves and get ready to eat when the clock starts to ring.
- TaiwanAfore celebrating the Chinese New Year, the boss in the company always delights his/her subordinates to a big meal and a lottery game. According to tradition the boss order to cook one whole, well cooked chicken in the middle of the table. When the boss get finish his/her speech, he/she start rotating the table as a signal to begin the meal. After that one has to make sure the chicken’s head is not facing them. If it is it means the boss dislikes you, and you will be fired after the Chinese New Year.
- ColombiaTo burn the old year, and past memories they have a tradition to fabricate a big stuffed male doll that represents the old year, and the things which they don’t like or such things which they don’t want to see any more in their life. Especially they put those objects in making this male doll which create sadness or bad memories. Then on New Year’s Eve at midnight, they fix the doll on fire. This symbolizes burning the past and getting ready to start New Year without bad memories of the past.
- VenezuelaThere many people think that this day brings good luck for them, so they pen down letters in which they ask for many wishes. Then when the New Year arrives, they put all those letters together and burn them to make sure that nobody can read what they wrote
- Korea
In Korea the New Year doesn't really start from January 1st. they follow lunar calendar and it shows the days a little differently, just as February can be different, depending on the year. However, every New Year’s Eve people can watch a striking-a-bell ceremony on TV. This bell is struck 33 times. This is the memory of 33 fighters who died for the restoration of Korea
- BrazilIn Brazil most New Year’s Eve is related to good luck or fortune. So after midnight they go to the beach and jump seven waves and throw flowers in the sea while making a wish. This will bring them good luck and fortune. They say that the goddess who protects the sea will make their wishes come true. Because of that some people of the country also light candles in the sand of the beach.
- MexicoIn Mexico people take out their suitcases and walk around the block, meaning they wish they could travel next year.
- ThailandPeople of Thailand are having specific New Year’s date; it’s different from the normal calendar. The Thai New Year is celebrated on April 13. On this day they arrange a big festival in which they do water fights as a gesture to celebrate New Year to the fullest.
- GeorgiaIt’s a tradition to eat black-eyed peas and turnip greens. The peas represent copper and the greens are dollars. The people of Georgia believe that each pea you eat equals one dollar’s worth of earning, and each portion of turnip greens equals $ 1,000
- Sri LankaThey celebrate their new year on 13th and 14th April of the year. In which their women sits and play drums to announce the arrival of the New Year. And after that every person is supposed to perform rituals with a pure mind. People visit temples, donate food and clothes to the poor and pray for a prosperous year ahead. Customarily people go
to take holy bath before the sun sets on the last day, with the herbal mixture called “Nanu” replacing the soap. They believe that this purifies their bodies as well as the soul and they are able to welcome the New Year with a positive mind.
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