Candles and red underwear: Here are the traditions the world celebrates New Year’s Eve

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To ward off evil spirits, the Japanese clean their homes of “old dirt” and decorate their homes with flowers and pine branches, which are said to drive away evil spirits. On New Year’s Eve, numerous illuminated balloons rise into the sky from temples carrying New Year’s wishes – this is thought to bring good luck and health to the Japanese. Bells in Buddhist temple complexes ring exactly 108 times; This is enough to expel 108 sins of people.

In Spain, every time the bell rings on New Year’s Eve, people put a bunch of grapes in their mouths. Supermarkets offer boxes of 12 so you don’t miscount. The meal includes seafood, ham and veal fillet. You can also have one or more glasses of wine. Tip: The Spanish put a gold ring in the glass as a good luck charm.

In Brazil, you must wear white clothes to start the new year “pure and free”. White candles are burning on the beach. By the way, yellow ones also promise unexpected profits in the new year. Red candles symbolize happiness in love. Underwear also has a code: With white underwear you can look forward to a harmonious year, and with red underwear you can meet your great love. At midnight, small boats filled with flowers and sweets are placed in the sea to honor Yemanà, the goddess of the sea. The dish includes bean pot and pork, traditionally served only after midnight.

Shortly after Christmas, shop windows in Italian cities are completely redecorated, because on New Year’s Eve people wear red, especially bottoms. It is said that red underwear brings good luck and abundance in the new year. Throw old pots and pans, clothing or unwanted items out of upper windows to ward off bad luck. Before that, you eat a large meal. Zampone e Lenticchie, that is, pig’s feet and lentils, is eaten. Lentils are said to bring prosperity and luck in the new year due to their resemblance to coins.

In China, New Year’s Eve is celebrated between January 21 and February 21, not December 31, because Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar. The Chinese celebrate with fireworks and parades until the Lantern Festival on February 19. The house is thoroughly cleaned beforehand and decorated with bamboo branches to ward off evil spirits. However, the cleaning needs to be done before the New Year, otherwise you will miss the New Year’s cleaning. You have to wear your new clothes for the festival, this symbolizes the beginning of the new year. Tip: Red clothes bring twice the luck! Singles throw tangerines, which promise good luck in love, into the sea.

Russians celebrate the New Year twice. Like the rest of Europe, some celebrate on December 31st. According to the Julian calendar, Russian Orthodox people celebrate it between January 12 and 13. In Russia, people celebrate the New Year eleven times a day due to eleven time zones. The most important food of the festival is borscht, a soup made from beets, and kutya, a grain dish. Pelmeni, small stuffed dumplings, are also part of the tradition. The well-being of the person who finds a coin in his stuffing is guaranteed. Whoever finds a doll becomes his child.

At exactly 18.00, Queen of Denmark II. The televisions turn on as Margrethe makes her traditional New Year’s speech. Then we celebrate, eat and drink together as a family and in a friendly environment. The dessert called “Kransekage” is the most important dish of the night. At midnight, many people jump out of chairs with coins in their hands; It is thought that this will bring a lot of money in the new year.

Source : Blick