New Year's Day
With 2014 coming so close now, people all over the world are preparing New Year Celebrations for December 31. For some others, New Year is celebrated on other dates, such as India, Iran, Turkey, China, etc.
For every culture in the world, the beginning of a New Year has a particular implication and each one of them receives the New Year in different ways. Also Peru has its own, typical rituals and superstitions to dismiss the old year and to welcome the New Year with new hopes and new plans and projects.
In Peru, on New Year’s Eve, many people attend a party somewhere in town while others receive the New Year at home with friends and family. After a delicious dinner and a few minutes before midnight, the radio stations and Peruvian television announce and finally start the countdown. When clock strikes Midnight everyone hugs and kisses each other with good wishes and either champagne, wine or, Pisco sour, all with loud music, fireworks, firecrackers and rockets at the background. Unlike the Christmas dinner, a typical Peruvian New Year dinner is very varied and lasts for several hours. They are usually large banquets where the favorite dishes are turkey and pork in the oven, accompanied by a variety of salads and rice.
yellow clothes
Eat 12 Grapes
Having 12 grapes – six green and six red – is key to having a prosperous new year. As soon as the clock strikes 12, you must quickly eat them one-by-one, accompanying each grape with a wish for 2015.
a special dinner
Turkey is a relatively new Christmas food. It is cooked in the oven, on Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve. Until a couple of decades ago, Christmas meat was usually lamb or pork, but today most housewives cook turkey, probably affected by western cultures. The Christmas turkey is stuffed with rice, walnuts, raisins, chestnuts and mincemeat or giblets.
Turkey is a relatively new Christmas food. It is cooked in the oven, on Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve. Until a couple of decades ago, Christmas meat was usually lamb or pork, but today most housewives cook turkey, probably affected by western cultures. The Christmas turkey is stuffed with rice, walnuts, raisins, chestnuts and mincemeat or giblets.
Run Around with Your Suitcase
Apparently, running around the street with your suitcase ensures that you will travel to someplace interesting in the next year. I know some frequent travelers who might partake in this tradition.
The party in New Years
