New Year’s Eve Celebrations Across the World

New Year’s Eve Celebrations Across the World

A new year is on its way, proving the fact that we survived from one of the worst world scenarios.

New Year was always about starting something fresh but it is also about continuing the good deeds we did, in the best possible way. So, New Year is not always about buying new stuff, shopping from fancy stores, or simply deleting what we did in the previous days. Let us continue the good, compassionate, and true selves of us and welcome the upcoming New Year in the best possible way to make ourselves better everyday with something new. People around the world celebrate this special day in different and unique ways. Here lists some of the locations where you can try visiting and join with interesting NYE celebrations like never before.

Australia The New Year in Australia falls in the middle of summer. Out of all, Sydney the capital of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia has the world popular New Year’s Eve celebrations. Sydney Harbour can be identified as one of the frequently voted destinations during the time. Get on board a New Year’s cruise on Sydney Harbour and take in the best views of the world’s famous 9pm and 12pm fireworks display with an amazing cruising and restaurant-quality dining experience. Spot an authentic paddlewheeler cruise offering a night full of entertainment including a one hour long cabaret show by an all-Australian cast of highest calibre. You can also enjoy DJ and party music to welcome 2022 in style. Admire the prime views while feasting on a freshly prepared deluxe 5-course seated and served menu and premium Australian beverages including beers, house spirits, wines, etc. What makes the New Year’s Eve cruises attractive and favourite is the fact that it all offers an all-inclusive package so that tourists or passengers can take in the prime views of the million-dollar fireworks, iconic skyline, lit up harbour attractions and more over the onboard entertainment, dinner, and drinks in one go.

North America In Mexico and Puerto Rico, people throw pails of water out their windows to symbolically sweep out the evil spirits and the passing year. They also clean their surroundings with a goal to start the new year on a fresh slate. While Mexicans toss coins to the ground and sweep them back into their houses for a prosperous future, Puerto Ricans sprinkle sugar outside their house. Some of their traditional foods are served including pasteles, roasted pig, arroz con gandules, coquito and rice pudding.

South America

When the new year arrives, Ecuadorians celebrate the annual Anos Viejos by burning scarecrows at midnight. These scarecrows symbolise the public figures who wronged the world in the previous year. They also burn photographs from the previous year in the name of starting fresh. Coming down to Brazil, people celebrate the New Year’s Eve by enjoying the fireworks on Copacabana beach, wearing white clothes and eating lentils, which signify wealth. In Peru, people eat grapes and their traditional food to celebrate the onset of a new year. Another interesting custom of the Peruvians is putting three potatoes—one peeled, one partially peeled and the other kept as it is—and picking one potato at midnight while being blindfolded. It is believed that your prosperity will depend on how much skin is present on the potato you pick. New Year’s Eve in Chile is celebrated to honor the dearly departed, where the bereaved families spend the night at the cemetery close to their deceased loved ones. However at midnight, they celebrate with fireworks and wear certain colours that indicate hope.