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  • Some interesting traditions to ring in the New Year

    Indian Express, India
    Jan 1 2005

    Some interesting traditions to ring in the New Year

    Express Features Service

    New Delhi, December 31: The Chinese New Year ``Yuan Tan'' takes place
    between January 21 and February 20. The Chinese clean their houses to
    rid them of lasts year's bad luck before the celebrations begin.
    There are street parades where dancing dragons and lions weave their
    way through crowded streets.

    Hungarians burn effigies on New Year's eve known as ``Jack Straw''
    which represent the evils and misfortunes of the past year. Jack
    Straw is carried around the village before being burnt.

    For the Armenians, the most important pastries partaken on this day
    is the Darin - a big flat bread, that has a coin hidden in it. The
    person who finds the piece with the coin is considered lucky for the
    New Year.

    In England crowds of people gather in Trafalgar square, and
    Piccadilly Circus to hear the chimes of London's Big Ben announce the
    arrival of the New Year. They stand around with arms linked to sing
    Auld Lang Syne.

    In Germany people would drop molten lead into cold water and try to
    tell the future from the shape it made. A heart or ring shape meant a
    wedding, a ship a journey, and a pig plenty of food in the year
    ahead.
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