YOGYAKARTA - The new year is always synonymous with celebrations, ranging from modern to traditional events. Usually New Year's moment is enjoyed by gathering together, going on vacation, to performing music. The New Year's tradition in various countries is different and has its own uniqueness.
New Year's celebration is a moment that people have always been waiting for from all over the world. At the turn of the year, people enjoy time to leave the past or self-reflection. Along with that, everyone is ready to wait for adventures and new plans in the following year.
If you like traveling, then you need to try the unique tradition of New Year in other countries. You can enjoy the New Year's culture that is not found in Indonesia. How do other countries celebrate the New Year's moment?
Celebrating the new year abroad presents its own experiences. You will experience a variety of unique cultures that are different from domestically. Here are the unique traditions of the new year in various countries.
Japan has a unique tradition of ringing a bell at the turn of the year. Not only saving a bell until it rang, but the bell sounded 108 times. The sound means 108 dirty thoughts.
This tradition is called Joya no Kane. The bell-ring ceremony aims to repel maps or crimes and human sin. This tradition is performed in Buddhist coolies that have large bells.
The songkran festival is held by the Thai people every new year. This tradition is carried out by watering or spraying water on anyone you meet on the road. This New Year's celebration in this white elephant country has its own uniqueness, because the new year is held every April.
Ecuadoran people carry out the tradition of burning rice fields every new year. This celebration is held at night, thus presenting an amazing sight of fire.
Not only burning rice fields. People there will also burn photos of last year. This method is believed to bring good luck in the new year.
There is a very unique New Year tradition in Chile. The people there celebrate the new year by staying at the cemetery. This culture means that the living family can spend the night with the deceased family. The local government has supported this unique tradition and made this goosebumps.
Live 12 Wine (Spain)
People in Spain have a culture of eating 12 wines to celebrate the new year. This tradition, named Las doce uvas de la buena suerte, is carried out 12 seconds before 12 pm. This culture is believed to be able to provide benefits or prosperity next year.
Brazilian society has a tradition of throwing white flowers into the ocean every new year. This tradition is carried out on the first day of the new year. This culture has meaning as a form of respect for the goddess of the ocean. People believe by throwing flowers means sending requests and hopes for reality.
The celebration of the new year in Turkey is carried out with a tradition of sowing salt in front of the door. This tradition comes after the New Year's bell rang. Local people believe that the sowing of salt can bring luck and abundance to the family at home.
Argentine people celebrate the new year by performing a unique tradition, namely eating pink underwear. This tradition is believed to be able to bring a mate. In addition, the people there also celebrate the new year by eating a green design as a symbol of good luck in work.
New Year's celebrations are not always synonymous with fun and happy events. The Siberian people celebrate the new year in quite an extreme way, namely jumping into frozen lakes. But this tradition is only done by professional divers and not ordinary people.
The unique tradition of New Year's celebrations is also carried out by the Danish people. The people there celebrate the new year by throwing plates at the walls. The plate used is a plate that has been used throughout the year.
The Danes will throw their plates in front of the door of their closest relatives or friends. This tradition is done on New Year's Eve. This tradition implies the large number of friends you have this year.
Those are a number of New Year's traditions in various countries that are unique and not found in Indonesia. Every tradition has its own meaning or meaning which is synonymous with expectations, past, and planning.
Stay up to date with the latest domestic and foreign news on VOI. You present the latest and most recent nationally and internationally.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
