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    The single women of Ireland wait

    desperately for the New Year’s night


    because it is the night that can bring
    them the love of their life. They place
    mistletoe leaves under their pillows
    hoping to catch their future husband.
    It is also believed in Irish culture that it
    helps them get rid of bad luck.

    A strange and weird New Year


    tradition in Denmark is breaking the
    dishes at neighbor’s door. Strangely
    this makes them happy instead of
    annoying them. The family with the
    hugest tower of broken plates,
    glasses, cups and other crockery is
    considered to be the luckiest one
    because it means that they have lots
    of loyal friends.
    Talking to spirits is a part of
    Mexican belief. Mexicans strongly
    believe that they can communicate
    with the souls of their dead loved
    ones. New Year eve is considered the
    best time to communicate with the
    dead spirits to convey a message or
    ask for guidance.
    Imagine streets full of people wearing
    polka dots and dinning table full of
    round-shaped food and fruits on one
    single day of the year. These actually
    happen in the Philippines on New
    Year’s eve every year. Filipinos believe
    this will bring them prosperity by
    associating the round dots to coins
    and wealth.

    A dangerous Scottish festival around


    the New Year is the festival of
    Hogmanay. This festival takes place
    on the 31st of December every year.
    Men parade through the streets
    holding blazing balls of fire. They
    continuously swing these balls over
    their heads. According the locals, the
    balls of fire bring purification and
    sunshine. This celebration dates back
    as far as the Vikings.

    Ecuador has a unique custom of


    making scarecrows and burning
    them at midnight. They dress up and
    fill the scarecrows with newspapers
    and pieces of wood. As mid night
    approaches, everyone gathers outside
    their home and each family burns their
    scarecrow. The tradition says that this
    destroys all the bad things that took
    place in the past 12 months. The
    scarecrow also scares bad luck. This
    fills their New Year with luck and
    happiness.
    Imagine you are made to watch the
    same programme or show every year
    on New Years eve. Same dialogues,
    same script and nothing new. Is this
    fun or torture? In Germany this weird
    practice is carried by the Germans
    since 1972. Every single year, on
    midnight Germans watch the British
    show “Dinner for One.” The origin
    of the tradition is unknown, but the
    Germans actually enjoy watching this
    show.

    Talca is a small town in Chile with a very


    strange, weird and freaky New Year
    custom. The people of Talca celebrate
    the new year with their dead
    relatives in the cemetery. People are
    welcomed in the cemetery with light
    classical music and dim blinking lights
    making the cemetery are perfect party
    place. They believe that their loved ones
    wait for them in the cemetery and they
    should start the new year with them. The
    tradition began in 1995, when a local
    family jumped the cemetery fence to
    spend New Year’s near their father’s
    grave. Now over 5,000 people have
    adopted this tradition.
    It’s a tradition in America to share a
    sweet midnight kiss with your
    girlfriend or boyfriend or with anyone
    in case you don’t have one. This will
    make the coming year incredibly
    beautiful for you. They believe that
    this practice brings true love. It
    washes away the bad memories and
    fate from the past and marks the
    beginning of a New Year full of love
    and life. A famous movie, “In Search of
    A Midnight Kiss” is themed on this
    New Year Ritual.
    Residents of Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia
    and other South American states
    welcome the New Year by wearing
    colorful underwear. The usually
    wear red, yellow or other brightly
    colored under-wears past midnight to
    catch good fortune for the coming
    year. Red means an amorous love life
    ahead and yellow expresses the desire
    to gain money and wealth. The wishes
    of the locals are expressed via their
    underpants.

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