Last year, we showed some of the traditions used to welcome New Year's in Latin America, so this year we have some traditions that people around the globe do to welcome it.

Argentina

Using pink underwear

If your searching for you Prince Charming, your other half, or the future father/mother of your child, you just have to put on a pair of pink underpants to attract love. This tradition is also known in Mexico and other countries, with the exception that they're not pink but red underwear.

Lifting your right foot

At 12 o'clock you have to stand on your left foot and take a step forward in order to start with you right foot, this one is easy, it doesn't have much to it.

Australia

Making a lot of noise

How? Banging pots and pans, while walking through the city's street in the middle of the night.

Brazil

Dressing in white

This way you scare off any bad spirit that you don't want roaming around, this color of clothing also symbolizes peace and harmony.

Jumping 7 waves

When midnight arrives, you should jump seven waves, which represent each day of the week, this will bring you good luck. How fun will it be to spend New Years on the beach. Surely, if only the water would be as pleasant in Tijuana and San Diego this time of year In the Southern Hemisphere, it's actually summer during December and January.

Taking gifts to the Lemanja Goddess

Lemanja is the Goddess of water, and like any other women she loves presents, especially flowers. You are supposed to go and throw them into the sea, and if they come back it means she didn't accept them, but don't worry, you can always try again next year.

Great Britain

Watching Jools Holland's Hootenanny

This prerecorded television show is transmitted at 11 pm on BBCTwo. It's famous for being a very bad show, but they keep running it and people keep watching it.

Chile

Eating lentils

A spoonful of this legume to bring money, work and therefore a stable economy to the household is a very common tradition for this country. If you're not very fond of them, man up! It's for a good cause.

Sweeping the house inside out

If at midnight you see a lady sweeping like a crazy person, don't think she is a clean freak. It's custom meant helps to get rid of any bad energy. You throw out any "bad vibes" in your leaving space for anything good that has yet to come.

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Hugging the opposite sex

This will bring you luck in love. Very similar to the mistletoe tradition.

Colombia

Walking for a block with an empty suitcase

Want to travel a lot? Go through the main entrance of you house and take a small tour down your street carrying a suitcase. So if you want to be backpacking worldwide you know what you have to do.

Putting three potatoes under your bed

Pealed, half pealed and not pealed at all. At midnight, you take one out without looking:

the pealed one means bad omen, half pealed nor here nor there, and not pealed means good luck year round.

Venezuela

Wearing yellow underwear

Means good luck, but in some countries it's used for money.

Giving away hallaca

It a sort of tamale wrapped in a banana leaf which according to tradition ensures good luck and strengthens friendships.

Ecuador

Burning a doll

It's for getting rid of everything old and welcoming everything new. Men dress up as widows and ask for money in the streets in order to "save their husband from being burned". Weird right?

Puerto Rico

Throwing buckets of water out the window

Throwing buckets of water purifies the household, this is a traditions inspired by African religions. It also helps to clean up the sideways with very little effort.

El Salvador

Emptying an egg in a glass

At 12 o'clock you should crack it and leave by the window until morning. According to the form it takes, it will mean what the future has destined for you.

Guatemala

Throwing twelve pennies

You should throw them outside your house with your back to the street at midnight.

Finland

Pouring molten metal in cold water

They can predict the future this way. How? We have no idea, by surely they do.

Netherlands

Eating oliebollen

Fried dough balls with powdered sugar.

Philippines

Turning off all the lights

This will get rid of bad spirits. Also opening all doors, windows and drawers, and then run around, as closing them helps too.

Russia

Writing a wish on a piece of paper

Afterwards, you should burn it, pour the ashes in a glass of champagne and drink it before 12.01. Ugh!!

Scotland

Receiving gifts

Immediately after the first bell at midnight has struck, the first person to arrive to a neighbor's house should bring the following gifts: a coin, bread, coal, salt, whiskey; all of this represents prosperity, food, flavor and a good mood.

Spain

Eating a grape every time the bells struck

You have to make a wish each time you eat one. It can be hard if you haven't thought about it and if the grapes are a bit too big it can be harder, specially if you just had dinner. So, if you follow this tradition leave some room for them.

Turkey

Throwing pomegranates from a balcony out into the street

The bigger mess the make, the happier your year will be. Put your arm into it!

Mexico

Blowing fireworks

Fireworks are known traditions, which each year dims a bit more due to the harms it has on pets' hearing. This is also a worldwide tradition, although it's much more common to see them in the streets in Mexico and not just at big, controlled events.

Dinning with family

Much like Christmas dinner, with tamales and turkey, this is a Mexican must-have.

Which ritual do you follow?

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