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    Red Underwear, Smashing Plates, Scarecrow Burning And Many Other Traditions About New Year Eve

    An overview of how different cultures and countries celebrate the New Year

    1. In Italy everyone wears red underwear on New years eve.

    2. Being on the hot side of the world Zimbabwe has a braai, the African BBQ.

    3. Ecuador with a rare tradition of burning scarecrows on the day of Silvester.

    4. To Keep everything growing Greece is hanging onions on their doors.

    5. Typical for New Zealand is to have a BBQ with the best mates drinking beer and cider.

    6. As a tradition in Venice they throw furniture out of the window onto the Piazza San Marco

    7. Germans like their tradition of eating raclette and lead pouring.

    8. Celebrations are taking place in Romania. People are dancing dressed in furs and masks to celebrate rebirth and death.

    9. People in the Netherlands are eating Oliebollen for New Years.

    10. In Denmark they shatter plates against the doors of friends and family.

    11. Philippines: Everything that is round. Round things should represent coins. So make sure literally everything is round even your clothes and food.

    12. In Switzerland they drop their ice cream on the floor.

    13. In Belgium they love their crows so they wish them a happy new year.

    14. To get rid of all the bad spirits the Irish smash bread against the wall.