5 Bizarre New Year Traditions Around the World That Will Blow Your Mind!

New Year is a great time to party with your friends and family, eat, travel and whatnot. However, some parts of the world celebrate this holiday with some unusual traditions.

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New Year is a special time of the year for celebrating it with open arms and immense joy. While most of us enjoy the traditional partying all night with unlimited drinks and snacks, loud music buzzing through the speakers, dressing up, and doing everything crazy, many people celebrate in a different way.

Many cultures around the world celebrate this festivity by taking part in unusual rituals and traditions. Even though these are different from the usual celebrations, it is still fun.

1. Burning Scarecrow

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Ecuador does a cleaning ritual every year before beginning with another one. They make scarecrows using clothes, paper and straws symbolic to famous politicians, and celebrities. They burn these scarecrows to eliminate anything upsetting that happened in the previous year.

2. Wearing Multi Coloured Underwear

In South American countries like Mexico, Brazil, and Bolivia, there is a bizarre New Year tradition that happens every year. The people of these countries wear underwear of different colours and each colour signifies a different fate for them. Red is the colour for love, and white for peace. Similarly, other colours mean different things.

3. 12 Grapes

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The Twelve Grapes tradition, or las doce uvas de la suerte, is a New Year tradition followed in Spain. A person is supposed to eat 12 grapes in 12 seconds before the clock strikes 12 and another year begins. Whoever is able to complete the task is believed to be granted with good luck.

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4. 108 Rings

A very famous Japanese New Year tradition is known as the 108 Rings. Under this ritual, the Japanese Buddhist temples (Monasteries Across The Country) organise an event where the bell is rung 108 times. They believe that this will radiate good vibes and begin another year with immense positivity.

5. Broken Plate Tradition

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Another bizarre New Year tradition that takes place in Denmark requires you to break plates to celebrate the holiday. It is believed in Danish culture that breaking plates and other crockeries against the doors of your neighbours will ensure that you will have good luck in the upcoming year.

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These New Year traditions are very unusual but they seem amusing. After all, it is always interesting to experience something new.

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