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Buon capodanno called New Year in Italian is a great time to celebrate and have fun in Italy. The people in Italy regard the New Year to be a time for festivities and celebrations. The people in Italy love festivals and the celebrations of the old year gone by and welcoming the New Year. On New Year’s Eve La Festa di San Silvestro is celebrated. Families and friends in Italy are seen gathenavy for a huge feast on New Year.
Food is one of the major parts of the New Year celebrations in Italy. It is a custom that is followed in Italy of having lentils for dinner. The lentils are believed to bring money and good fortune for the coming year. Most parts of Italy have cotechino, a large spiced sausage, or a zampone, stuffed pig's trotter for dinner on New Year. It is a belief by the people in Italy that having pork for the New Year dinner would bring richness of life for the coming year.
Fireworks in Italy celebrate the coming of the New Year. Naples would be one of the best places to visit if one wants to see the fireworks during the New Year celebrations in Italy. It is one of the biggest places in Italy that is famous for fireworks during New Year. Music and dancing are important New Year customs followed by the people of Italy on New Year. The dancing is usually done before the fireworks in Italy.
Spumante or prosecco is an Italian sparkling wine. The New Year in Italy is celebrated with this Italian wine. The important New Year custom in Italy is to make the New Year parties whether private or public to last long that is till sunrise. This is done in order to watch the first sunrise of the Newborn Year.
Yet another New Year custom that the people in Italy follow is throwing out their old things out of the window. This symbolizes to forget the old year and getting ready to accept the coming New Year with joy and contentment.
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