These New Year's Eve Traditions Will Make You Want To Travel In 2015
by N/A, 9 years ago |
1 min read
Sitting around watching a giant ball drop is boring. Try any of these traditions instead!
Argentina
It's customary to wear pink underwear to attract love.
At exactly midnight, you take a step with your right foot, so you can "start the year with your right foot."
Australia
Walk through the streets banging pots and pans at midnight.
Brazil
Wear white clothing to scare off bad spirits.
Jump seven waves, one for each day of the week, for good luck.
Give gifts to Iemanja, the goddess of water.
Chile
Eat a spoonful of lentils at midnight to ensure a year of work and money.
Sweep your house out to remove any bad energy.
Colombia
Walk around the block with an empty suitcase to ensure you'll have a year of travel.
Ecuador
Burn an effigy to signify burning away the year and welcoming another one.
El Salvador
Crack an egg into a glass at midnight and then leave it there when you go to sleep. When you wake up the next morning, whatever shape it's taken will tell your fortune for the year.
Finland
Throw melted metal into cold water to tell your fortune.
Guatemala
To bring you money in the new year, grab 12 pennies at midnight and throw them behind you as you face the street.
Netherlands
Eat oliebollen, fried dough balls covered in powdered sugar.
Phillipines
Turn off all the lights in the house on New Year's Eve to ward off any bad spirits.
Open all the doors and cabinets in your house and at midnight run around shutting them.
Puerto Rico
Fill pots and pans with water and throw it out the door at midnight.
Russia
Write down a wish on a piece of paper, burn the paper and throw it into a glass of champagne. Drink it before 12:01 for it to come true.
Scotland
After the bells, the first person (or first-foot) over a friends threshold is supposed to bring a coin, bread, salt, coal or whisky which represent financial prosperity, food, flavor, warmth and good cheer.
Spain
Eat one grape with each strike of the bell at midnight for a year of prosperity.
Turkey
Throw pomegranates off the balcony to the street below. The more they burst, the more plentiful your year will be.
Venezuela
Wear yellow underwear for good luck in the new year.
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