New Year’s Eve: strange traditions… staying up late, astrology, and artistic competition
New Year's Day, which falls on December 31 of each year, is celebrated in order to bid farewell to a year with its miserable events and hope for the continuation of happy events in the coming year. Celebrations prevail in public squares in most countries, where people gather to drink alcohol, dance, and watch fireworks and fireworks that go off at Exactly at midnight, and much of this celebration was broadcast on television.
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Couple revelers used to kiss each other at midnight after the lights went out in nightclubs, restaurants, or even at house parties and in squares.
The celebrations of the countries of the world for the arrival of the New Year do not occur at the same time, but rather begin with the ticking of the clock from the far east to the far west, passing through Europe and the Middle East. The “Kiribati and Samoa Islands” are considered among the first to celebrate “New Year’s Eve,” while the “Hawaii Islands” are The last region to celebrate this occasion, Sydney is the first major city famous for welcoming the New Year.
In some countries, especially in Central Europe, this night is called “Saint Sylvester’s Night.” It is a holy day in most Christian-majority countries, which requires all Catholics to perform religious prayers on that day and attend Mass on the evening of New Year’s Day.
The strangest customs of countries on New Year’s Eve
FIn Puerto Rico, they fill buckets and dishes with water and pour them on the street at exactly midnight.
In El Salvador: They break an egg exactly at midnight, and leave it outside all night. The image that the egg takes in the morning symbolizes what luck will bring in the coming year.
In Australia: It is customary to march and knock on a metal bowl with wooden scoops.
In Brazil: They wear white to ward off evil spirits and ride 7 waves to bring good luck.
In Colombia: They wander the roads with empty bags, making it a year full of travel.
In Guatemala: They go out of the house at 12 sharp, stand with their backs to the street and throw 12 penny coins at it.
In Ecuador: They burn effigies (in the form of a scarecrow) as a symbol of burning the past year and welcoming the new year.
In Russia: They write their wish on a card, burn it, put it in a glass of champagne and drink everything in it before 12:01. Russian girls play a popular game on New Year’s Eve, in which a group of unmarried girls sit and a pile of wheat is placed in front of each of them. The rooster is in front of them, taking a neutral position towards the wheat. Whoever the rooster goes to her wheat first will marry before her companions.
In Turkey: they throw a pomegranate into the street at 12 o’clock sharp.
In Argentina: For example, it is customary to wear new, pink underwear. Another well-known Argentine custom is to extend the right leg forward exactly at midnight, in order to begin the year with the “right leg.”
South Africa On New Year’s Eve in South Africa, you must be careful when walking in the streets, as the most famous tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve there is throwing old home furniture and broken appliances, such as radios and televisions, from the balconies of homes.
Estonia : The strongest man among Estonians is the one who is able to eat seven to 12 full meals on this day. Likewise, the man who passes the test is as strong as seven men.
Denmark: It is a Danish tradition to celebrate New Year’s by smashing dishes on the doorsteps of friends’ homes. The larger the debris, this is evidence that the person will find a lot of luck in the coming year.
Cuba : If you feel that you have little and bad luck in traveling, the Cubans recommend that you go around your house with a suitcase when the clock says midnight on New Year’s Eve, as this is supposed to bring you happy travel opportunities in the new year.
Spain: Before the clock strikesJanson’s countdown begins for the competition between Spaniards in how quickly they can eat 12 grapes in the last 12 seconds of the year, and whoever succeeds in doing so will have good luck in every month of the New Year.
Chile : Contrary to usual, Chilean families celebrate the New Year by making group family visits to their deceased relatives in their graves.
Ecuador: They burn scarecrows that are filled with old newspapers and pieces of wood. As midnight approaches, families leave their homes with each family accompanied by their own scarecrow.
Most Arab countries celebrate New Year’s Eve, and in the United Arab Emirates, a celebration is held. are set off in the Burj Khalifa It is considered the tallest building in the world, and Dubai announced in December 2013 that it would present the largest fireworks display in history on this occasion, while in complete contrast in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which prohibits the celebration of the New Year. For religious reasons, selling goods related to celebrations, such as flowers and dolls, is illegal.
New Year’s Eve in Lebanon
Artists compete to hold concertsin various countries, and most Lebanese and Arab artists perform their concerts outside Lebanon due to the large financial returns. The prices of their concert tickets rise more than other days of the year, and it becomes very difficult to enter nightclubsfrom … Without booking and paying large sums of money, many Lebanese, for example, obtain loans from banks just in order to waste money on this night. Women compete to wear their most beautiful dresses, apply strong makeup, and style their hair to look their most beautiful, and many couples go out to stay up late. Restaurants and nightclubs,especially for newly engaged couples, because many married couples may prefer to spend the night at home in a family atmosphere.
Astrologers in Lebanon are a phenomenon that has expanded in recent years when the media opened its official platform to publish forecasts and predictions that made its members stars competing to appear on screens on New Year’s Eve.
Many people prefer to travelon a vacation called New Year’s vacation and wait the whole year to take their vacation at this time. As for expatriates, they book to visit their homeland and their families there, while others travel for recreation either in European or Asian countries.
Security risks
Security risks usually increase during this particular period due to the crowding of people in places of nightlife. To this end, the security services in each country intensify the security presence in public places to protect those staying up late, especially in recent times after the painful events of mobile bombings in a number of countries around the world that claimed innocent victims. .
Other risks : One of the things that should be taken into account on New Year’s Eveis that the percentage of people who drink alcohol increases significantly, and the chances of accidents increasing, especially in the early morning hours. Many people may drive under the influence of alcohol, which exacerbates the risk of accidents. The chances of accidents also increase. Disagreements and quarrels in entertainment places are increasing, either because of alcohol or because of some people’s desire to play gambling, and the rate of drug abuse may increase and the resulting problems and risk of overdose may increase.
