New Year's Celebrations around the world have their own unique ways of celebrating,
For example, Japanese people like to send New Year cards,
North Koreans will eat sweet rice,
Argentinians take a "New Year's bath",
The Portuguese bullfighting for the New Year.
However, there are also some local New Year's Day customs
It's unbelievable, even a little scary.
1. Cast out the ghosts with bread
In the past, the Irish were on New Year's Eve
will knock doors and walls with long bread,
Drive away the evil spirits that lurk in the home.
It is believed that bread was beaten against the wall
It can also drive away bad luck and bless the family
The new year will not go hungry.
2. Do not wash your clothes on the first day of the new year
Some people believe,
If you wash your clothes on january 1st,
You will wash the clothes of the dead,
One of your family members will die that year.
They think that new year's day to wash clothes
It will also wash away the good fortune of the year.
3. Don't throw things away on the first day of the new year
There is a superstitious saying that
New Year's Day can not throw anything at home,
Whether it's leftover pizza or empty wine bottles.
If you throw something on this day,
The people and things around you will be in this year
Leaving you one after another.
4. Open all doors and windows on New Year's Eve
Filipinos will be on New Year's Eve
Open all the doors and windows in the home to drive away najib.
According to Filipino tradition,
On December 31, the noisier the house, the better,
Because Filipinos believe that noise can drive away evil spirits.
5. Dress up as a monster on New Year's Eve
In some small villages in Japan,
Young men will dress up as raw ghosts (a man-eating devil)
Go from house to house to scare lazy people.
They also threatened to take away mischievous children,
But as long as the host brings out sake and rice cakes for hospitality,
They will leave.
It is said that these terrible ghost images
Can dispel diseases and disasters,
and bless the harvest of the coming year,
There is plenty of food all year round.
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