From the southern United States to Colombia to Greece, and Japan, Newsweek has compiled a list of several practices you can do to begin the new year with a little positivity, and dare we say it, luck.
It's official, 2020 is here. Entering both a new year and a new decade can inspire us to look ahead, plan for the future and hope for an auspicious start to a new chapter.
Around the world, many countries carry cultural traditions meant to usher in every new year with good fortune and positive energy, aside from the common American practice of finding a person to kiss before singing of Auld Lang Syne as the ball drops in Times Square. From the southern United States to Colombia to the Philippines, Greece, and Japan, Newsweek has compiled a list of several practices you can do to begin the new year with a little positivity, and dare we say it, luck.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the southern United States, it is a longstanding tradition to dine on a dish called Hoppin' John throughout the first day of the year.
Similarly, many Germans eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day, in the hopes of gaining"as much luck as the many strands in the cabbage," as writer Carly Mallenbaum put it forInstead of cabbage, buckwheat soba noodles are commonly served on New Year's Day in Japan in a tradition known as"Toshikoshi soba" because the long noodles are thought to symbolize long life.
As an added precaution, many will leave a door or window slightly ajar as a way to send negative energy packing and invite good energy to flow into the space as the decade changes.Yes, onions may make you cry, but in Greece, many hang the multi-layered vegetables on the front doors of their homes as a symbol of rebirth. Some parents even wake their children on New Years Day by tapping them on the head with the new year's onion.
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