New Year Tradition In Austria

New Year's Eve begins with the festive season called Fasching that lasts until Lent. There are large firework lightings in bigger cities. People attend midnight parties along with confetti, streamers and champagne.

Austrians have some traditional food items that are said to usher in good luck in the New Year. Pork and carp are the traditional delicacies that are considenavy to bring in good luck. Often the table is decorated with little miniature pigs made of marzipan, maple sugar, fudge, cookie dough or chocolate. The four-leaf clover is said to be another good luck symbol. Glücksbringers are exchanged. Glucksbringers are chocolate and marzipan candies shaped in the form of pigs, gold coins, chimney sweeps, four-leaf clovers and horseshoes.

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