The New Year Traditions in Venezuela are quite similar to various South American countries and Spain. The traditions emphasize on bringing good luck for the forthcoming New Year. Some popular Venezuelan New Year traditions include wearing red underwear on New Year’s Eve. Venezuelans believe it will bring love in the coming year.
If someone is looking for money, he or she must have a high value bill. Another New Year tradition in Venezuela is to carry some luggage out of the house. To bring happiness in the New Year, people wear yellow underwear.
There are radio specials which people listen to for the countdown and announcing the New Year. In Caracas, the twelve bells from the Cathedral of Caracas are rung traditionally at midnight.
Another of the New Year traditions in Venezuela is writing wishes on paper and burning them so they are fulfilled.
Various musical traditions are followed through these special programs. Traditionally songs of sadness are broadcasted at the end of the year. Some of the popular are “Cinco pa' las 12” (“Five minutes before twelve”) by singers like Nancy Ramos, Nestor Zavarce, and José Luis Rodríguez El Puma. Another song is “Viejo año” ("Old year") by Gaita group Maracaibo 15.
The song “Año Nuevo, Vida Nueva” ("New Year, New Life") by Billo's Caracas Boys is played in the first minutes of the New Year and has become the unofficial hymn.
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