Weird But Meaningful Rituals of New Year
A few Amazing New Year’s Rituals will surprise you.
We are already preparing to receive the New Year, which we hope will come loaded with beautiful things and many trips, but especially, we wish all of you who read us that you live each day of this year as your heart dreams, and … Happy New Year!
For everyone, this should be a time to recharge energy to fulfill all the good purposes that we already have, and we want to contribute to it, pulling a smile from your mouths, with the strange traditions that exist in the world to celebrate the New Year:
1) RUSSIA:
New Year’s Day in Russia is the favorite of children since it is the day that the Ice Grandfather comes or as Ded Moroz is known there, a kind of Russian Santa Claus, loaded with sweets, gifts, matryoshkas, etc. . They are achieved by being good all year long, and dancing around the Christmas tree.
Ded Moroz wears a red cape adorned with swan feathers, traditional embroidery, white gloves, and a red hat and always accompanied by his granddaughter Snegurochka.
2) IRELAND:
In Ireland, a country with a multitude of superstitions, the arrival of the New Year becomes a ritual. In the first place, that day no door of the house should be closed, for those who are no longer with us, they can freely pass to celebrate those special holidays.
In addition, the first person to leave the house on New Years’ must be a man dark and tall to bring prosperity to the home, never a red-haired girl who would attract bad luck.
But the most curious tradition of all is that of throwing pieces of bread against the wall to ward off bad luck and bring good humor to the family; the laughs are guaranteed!
3) SOUTH AFRICA:
In the Hillsboro neighborhood of Johannesburg, it is a tradition to enter the New Year without junk in order to attract prosperity, so the inhabitants of this place, throw the furniture out the window.
So you know, if you are going to walk there to be careful and avoid microwaves, armchairs, fans and all kinds of furniture that will fall from the sky.
4) GERMANY:
In Germany and Austria, there is a tradition of playing Bleigießen, a kind of divinatory game. Nowadays, they sell packs of Sylvesterblei, which consists of melting several lead figures in a ladle; once this is done, the melted lead is put into cold water to harden, forming a rare silhouette, which symbolizes what it will hold in the future.
No one is probably clear on what that molten piece of lead is telling you, but it’s a fun way to pass the time.
5) DENMARK:
If your chosen destination to spend New Year’s Eve in Denmark, your dinner will be made with cod, as tradition dictates, and although it may seem strange, you have to jump into the New Year, so everyone jumps in his chair with the first chime of the Copenhagen City Hall clock.
In addition, on New Year’s Eve, it is also a tradition to show how much you appreciate your family and friends throwing the dishes against the walls of their houses, so it is normal to find a multitude of broken dishes on the streets of Copenhagen during that day.
6) GREENLAND:
The rare thing about the tradition to ring in the New Year in Greenland is dinner, for which a delicacy called kiviak is prepared, which is the meat of the Alca, an aquatic bird.
The curious thing about this recipe is not only the species of bird that we are not used to, but that it is eaten raw, macerated inside the skin of a seal in which it is rolled without letting any air enter, and it takes 7 months to be ready to eat.
7) ESTONIA:
The Estonian tradition to welcome the New Year is only suitable for the most eager. To ensure a table full of food for the next year and full of prosperity, you have to eat 7, 9, or 12 times during the day.
Each meal is supposed to give strength to start the year, so if you visit Tallinn on these dates, you are guaranteed to enjoy the most traditional cuisine, potato salads, sausages, etc.
8) SPAIN:
And if all this did not seem strange enough to you … Have you ever stopped to think about the curious tradition that Spaniards have with the 12 grapes? I assure you that many who hear this custom in Spain for the first time, of eating 12 grapes, one after another following the rhythm of the 12 chimes of Puerta del Sol, far from seeming a practice that attracts good luck, it seems something tremendously dangerous… You know you don’t have to choke!
Some inveterate travel nuts take their suitcase for a walk before midnight to ensure many trips in the coming year, and for now… it works!
9) PHILIPPINES:
Filipino women wear polka dots designed clothes; to celebrate the New Year and call for good luck because; the round shape of the polka dots symbolizes the coins that bring prosperity and health. They also usually carry a few coins in their pocket for the same purpose, which they ring just at midnight.
In addition, in the Houses, it is common that the fruits that are brought to the table; during that day are round never mango or papaya. Children also jump twelve-times at that time of night to get taller and stronger.
10) JAPAN:
In Japan, they also have the tradition of welcoming the new year with bells, but many more than in Spain, neither more nor less than 108 bells of each Buddhist temple, with which the 108 sins that humans can commit are avoided.
As for the typical gastronomy of that day, Toshikoshi-soba is always present very long noodles as long as the fortune of the family that eats them will be.
Isn’t it all wonderful and amazing rituals? If you know something different, I would like to know.
Celebrate this New Year with lots of happiness and wealth. Wear your mask and keep sanitizer with you for your own safety.
