When is Brazilian New Year, Origin and Introduction of Brazilian New Year, Customs of Brazilian New Year

When is Brazilian New Year, "Brazilian New Year is January 1 (New Year's Day) New Year's Day is a very important holiday for Brazilians, and every year on the eve of the New Year, every Brazilian state capital puts on a splendid and unparalleled fireworks display.

Brazil also has unique customs when it comes to religion. These traditions were inherited by Brazil from the African and Afro-Brazilian religions of Eastern Brayanism and Umbanda. These religions are so inclusive that people who don't believe in them can also worship Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, by throwing bouquets of flowers into the sea. Another custom is that people wear white clothes during the New Year to show respect to O'Hara, the god of religion, and to pray for peace and tranquility in the coming year.

Brazilians avoid eating any poultry on New Year's Day because the animals scurry around with their claws, which represents frustration in the local culture. And lentils will swell in water, which represents growth. Others will put seven pomegranate seeds soaked in water in their wallets, signifying much wealth in the new year. These are all customs that are uniquely Brazilian.

Brazilian New Year's origin and introduction

Brazilian New Year's origin:

Brazilian New Year's origin, the beginning of the meaning of the first from the agricultural industry, the people in ancient times the growth cycle of the grain is called "year". "Shuowen - Wo Department": "year, the grain is also ripe." In the Xia and Shang dynasties produced the summer calendar, the cycle of the moon for the month, a year divided into twelve months, each month to see the moon for the day for the first day of the first month of the first day of the month of the son of the time is called the first of the year, that is, the beginning of the year is also called the year, the name of the year is from the Zhou Dynasty, to the Western Han Dynasty was formally fixed, and has been continued to the present day.

But in ancient times, the first day of the first month was called "New Year's Day" until after the victory of the Xinhai Revolution in modern China, the Nanjing Provisional Government, in order to comply with the lunar calendar and facilitate the statistical provisions in the civilian population to use the summer calendar in government agencies, factories, mines, schools and organizations to implement the Gregorian calendar.

Brazil Introduction:

The Federative Republic of Brazil*** and the State of Brazil (English: TheFederativeRepublicofBrazil, RepúblicaFederativadoBrasil, Portuguese: RepúblicaFederativadoBrasil), referred to as Brazil. The name of the country derives from the Brazilian redwood. It is a country in South America and is known as the "Kingdom of Football". The total land area of 8,514,900 square kilometers, ranking fifth in the world.

Brazil was originally inhabited by Indians, and was colonized by Portugal in the early 16th century. 1822, September 7, the Brazilian Empire was established, and in 1889, the empire was overthrown to establish the **** and the country. 1891, the United States was established, and in 1967, it was changed to the current name of the country.

Brazilian New Year's Customs

We in China have to wear new clothes for New Year's Eve, and red underwear in the year of our nativity, while Brazilians have their own customs for New Year's Eve.

1, white clothes over the New Year

Brazilians in the New Year's dress code, one of the significant point should be the white clothes, every close to the New Year, Brazil's major shopping malls, clothing stores will be replaced by a colorful white clothes, quite spectacular. Brazilians feel that white is the color of purity, and white clothes can purify their souls and give them a fresh start in the new year.

2, underwear with wishes

Brazilians are superstitious up is also very powerful, in the New Year's Eve day, Brazilians will be early to pick the color of their underwear, different colors represent different meanings. For example, pink represents romance, red represents passion, orange represents ease, prosperity, green represents hope, blue represents harmony and so on.

3, offerings to the guardian goddess of the sea

New Year's arrival Brazilians will be dressed in white to the beach, will be flowers, perfume, mirrors and other things with a boat full of, sent into the sea to the sea guardian goddess Yemaya, in order to pray for a new year of peace and happiness. If these offerings float back, it proves that the goddess doesn't want to help fulfill your wishes, so many Brazilians, in order to get lucky, will think of all sorts of ways to please the goddess by offering all sorts of beautiful and delicate offerings.

4, the night hand in hand jumping waves

New Year's night, is the Brazilian real carnival time, they will be with family, friends, loved ones in the beach drinking, dancing, talk, enjoy the fireworks. When the New Year's bells ring, a group of people rush to the beach, hand in hand, to start "jumping in the waves.

According to the tradition of "jumping waves", you generally have to jump seven times, and every jump, make a wish in your heart, it is said that the moment of jumping is a mortal and the goddess of the Yemaya heart to heart, when the goddess of the sea heard your wish, she will silently help you to realize.