Customs of the world's festivals

1, France: New Year's Eve drink all the wine in the house

In the New Year's Eve, will certainly be a family reunion, around the table drinking champagne, according to tradition, this night every family should drink all the hidden wine, all people should be drunk, so that the new year will have a new start.

2, Germany: New Year's tree climbing

In the German countryside there is also a custom - tree-climbing competitions, it is said that the higher the higher the luck will be the better, the highest annual climb will be known as the "New Year's heroes", envied by others.

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3, Italy: wrestling bowl

New Year's Day, every family in the house to burn a stove fire, and the whole day can not be extinguished. In the eyes of the Italians, the fire from the sun, New Year's Day, broken fire, the next year will not see the sun, will attract bad luck. The young people of Italy have also continued the custom.

4, Myanmar: Water Festival and New Year's Day in one

Water Festival usually lasts three or four days, the second day of the festival, men, women and children have the habit of washing their hair. During the festival, in both urban and rural areas, everyone dresses in costume and splashes water on each other to express the intention of cleansing the old and welcoming the new.

5, Japan: to see the red and white songs

In New Year's Eve, the Japanese people also have the custom of the New Year's Eve, people eat buckwheat noodles, while watching the TV station for the New Year's program, men and women singers solo competition is the most popular.

People's Daily Online - A look at unique New Year's customs in various countries