The most anticipated holiday by many, the NEW YEAR, is just around the corner – it’s already close!
For most of us, this is the smell of tangerine, Olivier, etc. but in different parts of our planet the traditions are different, sometimes very unusual, very!
Let’s start with the crumbled state in Micronesia,
Nauru 🇳🇷
Every year, on January 1, the residents of Nauru choose a new name for themselves! They share their new name only with close relatives or close friends, and beat the drums loudly so that the evil spirit does not overhear them!
UK🇬🇧
The main festive dish of the New Year’s table is Pudding!
During the cooking process, each family member, stirring the mixture strictly clockwise, makes the main wish for the coming year!
Scotland 🏴
Hogmanay is the name of the holiday of the last day of the passing year!
The most important attributes of this holiday are torchlight processions, fireworks and everything related to fire! The Scots are burning the ‘old year’!
Denmark 🇩🇰
All year long, the Danes do not part with old dishes – they wait to get rid of them in a very original way, to break them for good luck! And definitely at the doorstep of close friends’ homes!
Vietnam 🇻🇳
The Vietnamese consider it very important that on New Year’s Eve there should be a guest of respectable age at the common table – from 70 and older! The older the age, the more wisdom everyone at the New Year’s table with him will receive next year!
Chile 🇨🇱
For Chileans, the recipe for a successful year is uniquely simple; all you need is a broom and trash that is swept out of the house straight into the street! Yes, and of course the magic number 12 – you need to eat a spoonful of lentils with each strike of the clock!
Ecuador 🇪🇨
Ecuadorians believe that the best thing to happen next year is travel! Therefore, they absolutely simply pick up a suitcase and run around the house while the clock strikes 12!
Spain 🇪🇸
The Spaniards are not so simple, let’s start from the end,
Cotillion
As soon as the clock strikes 12 times, you need to open a specially (festively decorated) handbag. It has everything for a fun meeting – fireworks, balloons, masks, confetti. A cotillion can also be a New Year’s gift!
Red lingerie
Stockings, socks, and other intimate toiletries are exclusively red in color; they ward off evil spirits and bring good luck!
Champagne
When drinking a glass of champagne during the New Year, be careful! There may well be a gold ring there, gold in champagne is a sign of good luck!
12 grapes
Every time the clock strikes, you eat a new grape and make a new wish! It will definitely come true if you were honest with yourself! The tradition with grapes appeared back in 1909, when Spain had an unprecedented grape harvest, and the king ordered to distribute it to everyone in the central square on New Year’s Eve!
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