The different new year custom in the world

Japanese New Year customs – special attention to the Japanese New Year, every year on December 29 – January 3 for the national holidays. December 31, the Japanese called the “great dark day”, which is New Year’s Eve Day. New Year’s Eve, the Japanese call it “In addition to the night”, in addition to TOEFL night when they pray to the gods, the old troubles away, the usher in a bright New Year, called “the beginning of Yi.” New Year’s Eve at midnight, urban and rural areas throughout the temple bell 108, respectively, in order to ward off evil, is sitting listening to the Japanese, “in addition to the night bell”, it means that the New Year bell to stop.

Thai New Year customs – traditional Thai New Year, the “Songkran Festival” (“Song” is a Sanskrit transliteration), also known as “Splash” is the Gregorian calendar every year on April 13 to 16 days. Festival, people or vehicles carrying trips carrying a huge statue, statues followed by a floats, the car stood dressed up “Songkran goddess”, groups of young men and women, dressed in colorful national costumes, pounding the drum, singing and dancing. After the parade the roads, men and women clip opposite direction, with a silver bowl with Bayeux soaked candy, spices, water seepage, spill to the Buddha and the “Songkran goddess” who, wishful to pray for the New Year, good weather. Then people each watering, health and longevity elders joyfully wish, I wish the New Year lucky friends. Unmarried young men and women, the use of splashing water to represent the mutual affection. Thai New Year’s Day in the window, door side put a pot of water, every household in the countryside to the New Year river bathing.

New Year’s customs in Germany – Germany’s New Year celebrations around a week time. During this period, each household must be put on a fir tree and the cross-trees, the leaves between the lines full of silk flowers, that flowers such as Jin, Spring in the world. German presence in the New Year’s Eve just before midnight, climbed on a chair, bell rings, they jump off the chair, and after a heavy object thrown back to show rejection to the scourge, jumped into the New Year. Children formed the band, put on new clothes, holding a harmonica and accordion, playing in the street parade. Adults was carrying flags, singing with the cry in the back, to celebrate the New Year. German women in the New Year theme to improvise comedy sketches family. Rural areas in Germany the custom spread a kind of New Year – “climbing game”, the boys climb down the bare tree competition, first by reputation, “New Heroes”, to show rise higher and higher.

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