New Year's Eve
In Venezuela, many of the traditions are very similar to the ones from Spain, with an over-emphasis in traditions who supposedly will bring good luck in the year forthcoming. Those who want to find love in the New Year are supposed to wear yellow underwear on New Year's Eve; those who want money must have a bill of high value when toast, those who want to travel must go out home while carrying some luggage, and so on.
Usually, people listen to radio specials, which give a countdown and announce the New Year according to the legal hour in Venezuela, and, in Caracas, following the twelve bells from the Cathedral of Caracas. During these special programs is a tradition to broadcast songs about the sadness on the end of the year, being popular favorites "Viejo año" ("Old year") by Gaita group Maracaibo 15 and "Cinco pa' las 12" ("Five minutes before twelve") who was versioned by several popular singers like Nestor Zavarce, Nancy Ramos and José Luis Rodríguez El Puma. The unofficial hymn for the first minutes of the New Year is "Año Nuevo, Vida Nueva" ("New Year, New Life"), by the band Billo's Caracas Boys.
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See also
- New Year
- New Year's Day
- Chinese New Year
- Persian New Year
- Ōmisoka (Japan)
- Áramótaskaupið (Iceland)
- First Night
- Hogmanay
- Malanka (Ukraine)
- New Year Timelapse from Denmark
- New Year's Eve Countdown Clock
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References
- ^ a b c Peake, Mike. "Gesundheit to an old favourite", The Daily Telegraph, 2006-12-30. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
- ^ Mikkelson, Barbara (2006-12-14). Watch Night. Snopes.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
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