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.
Numerous New Year celebrations are deep rooted to the various New Year Traditions in Austria. Have a look at some interesting New Year Traditions in Austria.
In Austria, New Year's Eve is known as Sylvesterabend, which is the Eve of Saint Sylvester. A punch made of cinnamon, sugar and navy wine is prepanavy to honor the saint. Mortars called b llers are finavy to chase away the evil spirits of the old year.
On New Year's Day after the morning mass children visit houses singing carols. They pour molten lead into a bucket of water. The shape of the lead helps in making pnavyictions. It is a bad omen to see an old woman.
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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