Emotional Italians throw out old things on New Year's Eve. From the windows, like New Year's snow, old armchairs, sofas, televisions, clothes, boots, chairs, houseplants fall. In short, what is terribly bored and what you need to get rid of. According to popular belief in Italy it is believed that the more you throw, the more you will bring a new year.
Residents of the foggy Albion have their own traditions of meeting the New Year. When the clock begins to beat twelve, they open the black door to leave Old. The new year is let in through the front door with the last blow of the clock. Letting in New Year - this is the custom of meeting the New Year with the British.
In hot Australia during the New Year is very warm weather. So Snow Maiden and Santa Claus have to wear only swimsuits, and in this form to carry gifts.
In Spain, in rural villages on the New Year, lovers are created. It happens this way. In a large bag collect papers with the names of girls and boys. Then, in turn draw lots. Having learned the name of his "narrowed" or his "bride", the puller approaches his half and proposes to spend New Year's holidays together.
A similar New Year's custom exists in Barcelona and Madrid: everyone invited to celebrate the New Year should buy a ticket with the names of the guests, put them together in any order. This is how "grooms" and "brides" get to spend the evening, as it is supposed to be in love. The next day, the "groom" should bring his beloved a gift. It can be flowers or a box of sweets. This will mean that he is ready to continue with her romantic relations not only on New Year's Eve, but also on. Sometimes, young people are specially tuned so that a girl who likes them gets to them in a couple. To make her an offer and spend all her life together.
In Scotland, there is a New Year's tradition very similar to English. It is understandable, geographical position obliges. On New Year's Eve the whole family gathers at the lighted fireplace, and the main one in the family, usually a man, opens the door during the hours fight. Thus, he releases the old and lets in a new year.
In Belgium and the Netherlands, there are two traditional customs for the New Year. "The King's Choice." The mistress of the house, where the celebration takes place, bakes a cake and hides a bean in it. The one who gets this piece of cake and becomes the King. He must choose his queen, the court clown and the nobleman.
The second custom is called "the first day - the whole year." It is very similar to our saying "how you will meet the New Year, so you will spend it". With the only difference is that in Belgium and the Netherlands this refers to the first of January. It is believed that on this day you need to leave all the trouble, beautifully dress up and have a good time. A rich New Year's table full of delicacies will be a good sign for a prosperous new year.
In Switzerland and Austria, it is customary to send each other New Year greetings and postcards, which must necessarily show symbols of luck: four-leaf clover, a pig and a chimney sweep. This custom developed in the XIX century. New Year's dinner should be dense with different delicacies and delicacies, so that in the new year the house had enough money and money. The dish, without which there is not a single New Year celebration in Austria and Sweden, is a pouring pig. That in the new year you had happiness, you must necessarily eat a piece of pork snout or head.
In Hungary, the celebration of the New Year is not as important as Christmas, but some of the New Year's traditions are also among the Hungarian people. On the first day of the New Year, the first visitor to the house should be a man. That is why, on January 1, the sons were sent to relatives under some pretext that the visit of the woman did not matter. To be rich in the new year, in the morning of the first day, wash your hands and rub them with coins, so that they always were in them.
In Muslim countries, each year the celebration of the New Year is shifted by 11 days, because they consider the days of the lunar calendar. For example, in Iran, the celebration of the New Year is on March 21. Before the new year, it is customary to plant barley or wheat to sprout to celebrate the grain. This is the symbol of a new life, the New Year.
In India, the New Year is celebrated in different ways. In Northern India, people decorate themselves with flowers of different shades. In the South, sweets are put on a tray, and in the morning one should take one piece each with his eyes closed.
In Burma, the New Year falls on the first of April. At this time in the country there is a terrible heat, and residents water each other with water. Tinjan is a festival of water that the Burmese celebrate the New Year.
In whatever country there was a celebration of the New Year, regardless of nationality and skin color, everyone believes in a magical New Year's fairy tale and the fact that miracles happen!