The customs and traditions of celebrating New Year’s Eve vary around the world, from holding a feast that includes the most delicious different foods from sweet and savory, to fireworks displays and other well-known methods of celebration, but the celebrations of some countries are strange, which we review in this report, according to the website.traveltomorrow“.

The strangest New Year’s Eve rituals around the world

Entering with the right foot in Argentina

It is customary in Argentina, specifically in the middle of the night, to enter the house with the right foot, so that it becomes a happy year, with a warning to enter the house with the left foot.

Wearing white clothes in Brazil

Everyone wears white clothes on New Year’s Eve in Brazil because white symbolizes peace and prosperity, and some people even carry small handmade boats as offerings to the water goddess Limanga.

Sprinkle salt on the doorstep in Turkey

Some Turks sprinkle salt on their doorsteps in the middle of the night, believing that it will bring peace to their homes next year, and other people open the pomegranate, believing that it brings a lot of wealth.

Eating lentils in Italy

Most people in Italy wear new red underwear on New Year’s Eve, in the belief that it brings them good luck, and some also celebrate eating lentils on January 1 in the belief that it increases their wealth in the new year.

Walking with empty bags in Colombia

Colombians who want to travel in the new year stroll the streets with their bags empty.

Eat 7 times in Estonia

Estonians eat seven times on New Year’s Day, in the belief that it leads to a prosperous New Year’s Day.

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