9 customs to welcome exciting new year in the world

People in each country have their own ways to wish money, luck and happiness in the early days of the year.

1. Spain: Eat 12 grapes at New Year's Eve

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Girls eat grapes to get lucky early in the year.

Spaniards practice eating a grape every time the clock counts for a second to pray for 12 months of happiness.

The origin of this practice comes from 1909, the year of the country collecting grapes and the king decided to give the leftover grapes to the people after paying enough to celebrate the new year.

Today, it is thought that anyone who can eat 12 grapes before the clock finishes will have a very lucky and happy new year.

2. Brazil: Sacrificing the sea goddess

The Brazilian people have a tradition of throwing white flower branches at the first silver waves to sacrifice the sea goddess Yemanja. Every year, thousands of people perform this tradition in the hope that the goddess will bless them in the new year.

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The Brazilian people have a tradition of throwing white flower branches at the first silver waves to sacrifice the sea goddess Yemanja.

In addition, they can throw other female-specific items such as perfume, jewelry, lipstick in small wooden boats.

3. Denmark: Break the disc

If you are planning to remove old chipped discs in your cupboard, this is how Danish people do. On New Year's Eve, they will throw old plates at the door of their neighbors and friends.

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Smash old disks before the new year.

In Denmark, it is believed that more and more discs are broken outside the door on the morning of the first morning, the homeowners will have more friends, fortunes in the new year.

Although today, this practice is quite few people do, but it's quite interesting anyway.

4. Scotland: Nice boyfriend to the house

For a lucky new year, the Scots will find a way to invite the tall, dark and handsome boys to be the first guests to set foot in their homes in the new year.

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Invite beautiful boys to the house to land.

Scottish "groundbreaking" customs expresses the belief that the first person to enter the home in the new year will determine the homeowner's fortunes over the next 12 months.

In particular, tall, handsome and handsome young men are considered to bring the greatest luck, even more fortunate if they bring whiskey as a gift for their homeowners.

5. Ecuador: Burning scarecrow

On New Year's Eve, families in Ecuador will gather outside the house and set fire to burning straw scarves together.

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Burning scarecrow to scare away black.

Maybe for many people, burning a scarecrow shows anger, fear or some kind of dark magic, but in Ecuador, it is believed that canceling bad practices during the past 12 months and threatening evil forces will bring good fortune and joy in the new year.

Each family will make their own puppets from newspaper, wood chips and burn them outside their homes.

6. Ireland: Put mistletoe under the pillow

If you want your love line to flourish in the new year, you can learn how Irish people put mistletoe under the pillow before going to sleep on the eve to pray for better love.

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Put the range branch down on the pillow to pray for love.

In Ireland, single people will put mistletoe, holly, or ivy under the pillow with the wish to find their mate soon.

7. Chile: Celebrate the new year in the cemetery

Chileans have the opportunity to welcome the new year with the whole family and ancestors in the cemetery. In fact, this tradition is not a blessing, but an opportunity for families to gather and remember the dead.

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Light candles and play classical music in the cemetery.

This new 15-year-old tradition begins when a family in the small town of Talca has crossed the cemetery fence to celebrate the new year near the grave of the deceased father.

Currently over 5,000 people each year visit cemeteries, light candles, play classical music with relatives that they believe are waiting for them to come along.

8. Italy: throw furniture through the window

The Italians practiced throwing old furniture through the window to indicate that they were ready to welcome the new year and new changes.

In Naples, people can throw anything like an old grill, an old refrigerator out on the balcony.

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Throwing furniture through the window shows a willingness to welcome the new year.

Even so, people do not like to throw potentially dangerous items because it will not bring good fortune, but prefer only small, soft items.

If you want to go out on New Year's Eve in Ytaly, remember carefully these unidentified flying objects.

9. Philippines: Wearing polka dots

In the Philippines, the circle symbolizes fortune, so, on New Year's Eve, people will wear round-shaped items, including polka-dot items, filled with bags of coins or eat Round fruits.

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Bring on the people of the Philippines.

If you want to pray for money, remember to bring with you round fruits and wear polka dots this new year.