Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional culture - In Brazil, New Year's Day is called Poseidon Day every year. Why?

In Brazil, New Year's Day is called Poseidon Day every year. Why?

1. Because this Brazilian Poseidon Festival is a festival to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year to attack Poseidon and pray for family safety, Brazilians designated 65438+ 10/as Poseidon Festival. Brazil's Poseidon Festival is an activity to greet old people, meet new gods, worship Poseidon and pray for family safety in the coming year. It has a history of more than 200 years. The biggest celebration is in the east of El Salvador. On the eve of 65438+February 3 1 every year, worshippers of Poseidon Festival and tourists from all over the world gather at the seaside, hugging homemade boats, and Tao Pan, wearing flowers, sings and dances around the Statue of Liberty.

2. When the New Year bell rings, the music of Song Shen rings and fireworks are set off. Believers and tourists dive into waist-deep water and put boats, flowers and baskets dedicated to Song Shen into the water. They stared at the goddess floating in the water, as if to take away her respect and infinity. Then, people will wash their feet in the water and clean up the dirt of the past year, just to welcome the arrival of the new year.

Third, Brazil's Poseidon Festival is February 2 every year, which is Brazil's Poseidon Festival. The Brazilian goddess of worship, Imam, was originally an idol worshipped by West Africans. /kloc-At the beginning of the 6th century, a large number of Africans were sold to Brazil as slaves. Brazilians say: When Africans arrive in Brazil, there are diseases and deaths everywhere. People only pray to the sea god Imam, "because she is the ocean and the mother of all human beings on earth and land."

This is an introduction about the Poseidon Festival in Brazil. According to these introductions, we can learn something about Poseidon Festival in Brazil. If you have time, you can also visit it during the Poseidon Festival in Brazil.