India: Hunger
Indians fast on New Year's Day, from dawn until midnight. It is only after midnight that families taste the prepared meal and congratulate each other on the New Year.
France: Drink up all the wine
The French have a superstition that if there is leftover wine at home on New Year's Eve, it will bring bad luck in the coming year. Only clean, can usher in a year of good times. Therefore, they would rather get drunk and drink all the wine in the house.
Poland: Eating greens
Polish young girls wear the characteristic rabbit-walking dress to eat greens on New Year's Day, and it is said that eating greens will bring good luck in everything.
Paraguay: No fireworks
The Paraguayans in South America have designated the last five days of the year as "cold food days". During these five days, the head of state, down to the common people, do not move fireworks, only eat cold food. Only after the New Year's bell rings zero hour can they begin to light a fire to cook food and celebrate the New Year with a feast.
Madagascar: Avoid eating meat
In Madagascar, meat is not allowed to be eaten seven days before the New Year's Day, and only on New Year's Eve dinner can some birds be eaten. On New Year's Day, couples should present cocktails to both parents to show their respect, and chicken legs to siblings to show their concern and friendship.
Vietnam: soup is forbidden
Some ethnic minorities in the northern region of Vietnam, on New Year's Eve, they have to go to the place where they get water on weekdays to burn incense, kowtow to each other and beat a bucket of water to cook New Year's Eve dinner. After cooking, the ancestors are honored and then the whole family eats the New Year's Eve rice. When eating this meal, soup is absolutely forbidden. They believe that if they drink the soup, the planted crops will be flooded.
Hungary: Avoid eating flying birds
Hungarians do not eat poultry on New Year's Eve, because they believe that by eating chickens, ducks, pigeons and other flying birds, the luck of the coming year will fly away. They send gifts to friends and relatives in the New Year, most like gifts with chimney sweepers and small fat pig graphics, chimney sweeping is of course a symbol of the old, chubby little fat pig, likeable, meaning also like. People respect the little pig figuratively, but in reality it's a different story, because their traditional New Year's food is fried suckling pig, and that's what they're going to do to the little pig!
Bulgaria: sneeze to get cows and sheep
If you eat New Year's Eve dinner in Bulgarian people, you must sneeze, so you will get unexpected benefits. Local customs believe that the first person to sneeze will bring a year of happiness to the whole family. So the director went to his farm, will be the first to see the first sheep, the first calf, or the first foal to bring over to the first sneezing guests, this sneeze how worth it!