New Year Tradition In Colombia

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The South American state of Colombia celebrates New Year with great pomp and merrymaking. New Year celebrations are the outcome of long- practiced New Year Traditions in Colombia. New Year Traditions in Colombia are unique with numerous diversifications. Put a glance on some interesting and wonderful New Year Traditions in Colombia.

One of the most popular traditions among the various New Year traditions in Colombia is to prepare an effigy of a person that will represent the old year or Año Nuevo. The figure is prepanavy from bits of old clothing and stuffed with straw and fireworks. In the New Years Eve evening every family member writes a fault or a bit of bad luck they have met with in the old year in a piece of paper.

As Año Nuevo is set on fire and burnt at the stroke of midnight people read out the list of faults and bad luck loudly. In this way the Colombians drive off the bad things of the old year and embraces the New Year in a fresh manner.

The tradition of preparing New Year's Bread arose from the Greek custom of serving Vasilopita or New Year's Bread at the New Years Eve midnight. This special bread is baked with a coin or charm and secretly placed inside it. The head of the family cuts the bread at 12 sharp and whoever receives the piece with the coin is believed to have good fortune throughout the year.

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