Like all other countries New Year in Belarus is celebrated with great warmth and gusto. New Year traditions in Belarus include rites and ceremonies, which are expressions of purification, purgation, invigoration and jubilation of the soul over the renewal of life.
Lavish parties are thrown on New Year's Eve night with showers of champagne. People exchange New Year gifts and wishes at the stroke of midnight. Houses are decorated and fireworks are lit to mark the beginning of a New Year. Go through some interesting New Year Traditions in Belarus
Straw is the most important aspect of the various New Year Traditions in Belarus. Straw is used for parts of the fortune telling that takes place between Christmas and New Year. Adults draw straws from the Christmas table to foresee their future in the coming year. Christmas carolers, clothes, wishes and treats are all Belarusian traditions intended to bring good luck and fortune to people during the New Year.
A series of mirrors also helps in determining a girl's marriage in the forthcoming days of the New Year. It is believed that if two mirrors are placed correctly, a young girl will be able to see the face of her future husband in one of the glasses. Another fortune telling game uses a rooster and one pile of corn for each spinster. A girl who is the next to be married will find the rooster circling around her and eating corn frequently from her hand.
Kaliday (December 25 - January 7) is a pagan New Year celebration in Belarus that has been now included in the Christian tradition. During Kaliday folks would dress themselves as animals carry the sun and the goat's head on a stick and visit different houses singing special Kaliady carols.
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