New Year Celebrations Around The World

Popular New Year Traditions in North and South America Argentina.

New year celebrations around the world. Each year brings about a new changing date for the Chinese New Year. It usually falls somewhere between January 21st and February 21st depending on how the new moon of the first lunar month arises. In Romania the new year is celebrated by men women and children donning bear costumes or bear furs and dancing to pan flute music at festivals held between Christmas and New Years Day.

In Japan people clean their houses and prepare special decorations to welcome the new years god. Eat Exactly 12 Grapes for Good Luck. Buddhist temples ring their bells 108 times at midnight.

Expat Explore has put together a list of some of our favourite traditions around the world. While certain celebratory New Year customs like fireworks champagne and counting down to midnight are celebrated in most countries certain parts of the world have unique customs which aim to bring luck into the new year. New Years Traditions Around the World.

Food Fun and Luck. In Spain it is believed that wearing new red. In Spain and some Spanish-speaking nations in Latin America many people eat 12 grapes as the clock flips from.

Carry an Empty Suitcase. Eat grapes in Spain. In most cities and urban areas across Thailand New Years Eve celebrations are accompanied by countdowns fireworks concerts and other major events notably the CentralWorld Square at CentralWorld and the area along Chao Phraya River at ICONSIAM and Asiatique in Bangkok and the Pattaya Beach in Pattaya while public places such as hotels pubs restaurants and.