Breaking furniture and dishes and burning dolls, learn about the strange customs and traditions of New Year's celebrations from around the world

At a time when many are making a harvest of what they achieved in 2016, and registering their wishes for the coming year. Others are considering how to celebrate it whether they celebrate alone or with their family and friends.

There are also public, fixed celebrations that have always been part of the conscience and culture of some countries, which are subject to the customs and traditions that are customary to occur in the first moments of each year.

In this report, we will review some of the strangest New Year's celebrations:

Throwing furniture to get rid of negative energy

Some countries think that throwing furniture from the window helps to bring positive change for the new year, and despite the spread of this custom in many countries, the most famous of those who do it:

Some regions in Italy: where they throw some things from the windows of their homes in the middle of New Year's Eve, such as furniture, pots, and pans. This symbolizes getting rid of old things and the person's ability to dispense with negative things in his life, and his acceptance of the new year with positivity and an open chest receptive to the idea of ​​change and renewal.

South Africa: in which every family usually throws a chair out of the window and breaks it outside the house, in addition to getting rid of old home furniture and electrical appliances that are no longer usable, such as television and radio, and even refrigerators and others.

So the problem here is not the ability to dispense with these things, but that they throw them out of the window, which, of course, threatens the pedestrians in the streets.

Cracking dishes brings good luck

One of the things prone to breaking on New Year's Eve is also the dishes, as the Danes collect their unused dishes and wait until December 31, and then break them at the doorsteps of friends and family, thinking that this brings good luck.

There is also another way to celebrate in Denmark, in which everyone stands on the chairs, and at midnight beats they jump up from the chairs, considering that this is how they jump into the New Year, bringing themselves luck.

Celebrate by burning!

· In Ecuador they celebrate the New Year by burning paper-filled scarecrows at midnight, and they also burn pictures of the past year, in the belief that this brings good luck.

In Panama, they burn an effigy of a famous figure, for good omen and exorcism.

While in Scotland they walk the streets with flaming balls, a dangerous and often harmful method. And if the Scots celebrate in other ways, for example, that the first person to enter someone else's house after midnight must be carrying some gifts, which are often alcoholic drinks, bunches of grapes, cakes and the like.

At the same time, Dutch residents burn cars or throw Christmas trees into fires, to drive away evil spirits and prepare for the New Year.

Celebrating by the water

Some ways to celebrate the New Year are related to water in one way or another, for example:

In Brazil: Citizens are waiting for midnight to jump over seven waves on the ocean shore, and throw flowers on the beach with a happy New Year.

· In Thailand: citizens exchange water splashing on each other's faces as a way of celebrating.

· Whereas in some places in Puerto Rico a bucket of water is thrown from the window, in the belief that it will drive away evil spirits from homes.

In Siberia: a hole is dug in a frozen lake, and then submerged in it to plant a tree under the water.

While in Turkey it is believed that turning on the tap and leaving the water running brings good.

Food and New Year's

It is very natural to find that there are those who celebrate the use of food, especially since it accompanies us on many holidays and occasions, and among the countries that do this:

· Spain:

In it, families and friends gather together, where each person eats 12 grapes, during the last 12 seconds of the year, but they race among themselves who will pick them up 12 grapes first, while some eat the 12 grapes in a different way, a grape with each clock ticking At midnight, the Spaniards generally think that devouring grapes at the end of the year brings good luck.

In France: They are known for their delicious food and good appetite. The French celebrate by eating pancakes to bring good luck.

In Argentina: they celebrate in a purely traditional way, which is for the family to gather to start eating a late dinner, which includes some traditional dishes from the country, along with sandwiches and dessert.

In Estonia: they celebrate a strange way of eating 7-12 meals on New Year's Eve, claiming that only the strong can do it, at the same time they believe that this method increases the abundance of food in the New Year.

In the Netherlands, olibulin is eaten, which is large balls of dough fried in oil and covered with powdered sugar.

In Chile, they eat a spoonful of lentils in the middle of the night, which symbolizes work and livelihood in the New Year. Also, lentils must be found on Italian tables on New Year's Eve.

While in El Salvador they break an egg at eleven and 59 minutes, then put it in a glass of water, and at twelve o’clock they look at the shape that the yolk has taken, which may be in the form of a house or a car or anything, inferring what he will get The person in the year who just started.

In Switzerland: they celebrate in a different way, as they throw ice cream on the ground, in some places in Turkey they throw pomegranates from the balconies with the midnight chimes, and in Ireland they throw bread on the walls to drive away evil spirits.

Coins bring good luck

In Bolivia women put some coins inside candy molds while baking, and whoever finds them while eating becomes lucky next year, the same thing they do in Greece, where they put the coins in a cake known as Vasilopita, and then wait to see who will be lucky to find them .

In Guatemala, citizens go out to the streets and roads in the middle of the night, throwing 12 coins behind their backs to bring good luck.

In Romania, they dispose of extra coins in the river for good luck.

Celebrating by clothing colors

Some believe that the colors of clothes that are worn on New Year's Eve have their significance and impact on the future of the new year. Those who do this:

Brazil, where white is worn to ward off evil spirits.

In Venezuela, it is not only outerwear, but even underwear, as some wear “yellow underwear in the belief that this brings them luck.”

In South America, the colors of the underwear indicate what the owner wants from the new year, for example, if you want love, wear red underwear, but if you want wealth, wear golden underwear, while those who desire peace must wear white underwear.

With New Year's animals better

Another strange way to celebrate is that Romanian and Belgian farmers think that if they can communicate with their cows, it will give them good luck in the new year, which makes them whisper in the cows ears and wish a happy new year