New Year

The New Year is a celebration of the beginning of the following year on the calendar, depending on the type of calendar used. The most common is that of January 1, the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, and is used in most countries.

New Year in Ecuador (traditions)

Burn puppets to dismiss the old year

Immediately it spends Christmas many people are engaged in developing múñenos paper, old clothes, or any material that may serve as a filler to go shaping the character you want to dismiss, plus fireworks placed inside of it, in the great Most are people who made news, politicians, celebrities or other cases, is a member of the family. It seeks a mask that best approximates the face of the person chosen and ready, your old standby midnight December 31 to say goodbye to this world. It is a symbolic way to say goodbye to the year gone. It is a tradition in which the entire family is involved, it is very fun to watch as slowly taking shape, the business achieved extraordinary works of art, creating a true impression.

This doll is placed in front of the house or in a corner of it in a way that is visible to the public passing through the street, many produce a kind of hut with palm leaves and display it. At midnight on December 31 around the world sets fire to her doll, as you can imagine, the noise is a shower of fireworks that extends throughout the country. Most people leave early to enjoy years old on main roads, spread joy, meet with family and friends, all this happens until a few minutes before midnight, and if you are someone who left your old year at home must run to also burn your puppet, of course there are some who began to celebrate early and actually at that time already in another dimension and burn your old is the last thing they care once burned old then begin hugs of family and friends, to wish a happy new year.

Twelve grapes      

Tradition has it that the site will occupy each diner, a small fruit bowl or glass with 12 grapes and according to the ritual previously placed, should be eaten before midnight, a grape for each of the 12 chimes of the watch and ask a different desire in every bite. To this we add repeat out loud or mentally the phrase "I'll be happy this year" with each of the twelve strokes, ritual gets more interesting to us. Ideally the grapes must be six green-six dwellings. Thus, the hopes, aspirations and dreams will become a happy reality ... at least according to the traditions. The grapes symbolize your desires and projects for the 12 months of the new year. Twelve grapes is considered by the months of the year although it is a cabalistic figure dating back to the Hebrews (twelve tribes of Israel) and was adapted by Christians (twelve apostles).

Yellow Dress

Use yellow underwear is perhaps, along with the twelve grapes, one of the most popular customs. It is not uncommon garments yellow underwear in stores, on the street. The yellow seeks to attract good energy for the coming year. The yellow underwear on the last night of the year, is indicated to ensure happiness, good times and wealth are missing. Best used for the reverse and change the right after midnight.

White clothes

  It relates to ward off illness and bring good health. Dress in white for the new year.

                                                      

New clothes:

It implies that all year not lack new clothes. Brand seeks a pledge for the year.

                                               

Money inside shoes

Some provision to ensure the money received the year with a bunch of banknotes in her hands. Welcome the new year with money inside shoes: bring economic prosperity. They also place a gold ring in champagne glass with which will be the toast will ensure that money is not missing..

                                         

 Christmas

Christmas in Latin: nativitas , birth, also colloquially called " Passover " is one of the most important festivals of Christianity , along with Easter and Pentecost. This feast , which commemorates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem is celebrated on December 25 in the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, in some Protestant communities and in most of the Orthodox Churches . December 25 is a holiday in many countries celebrated by millions of people around the world and also by many non-Christians.

English speakers use the term Christmas , which means ' mass (mass ) of Christ. In some Germanic languages ​​such as German, the party is called Weihnachten, that means ` night of blessing ' . Christmas parties are proposed, as its name suggests , celebrate the Nativity ( ie birth) of Jesus of Nazareth.

Christmas customs in Ecuador

Christmas tree

He is adorned with light bulbs , figures and fake snow that makes it with cotton or spray- selling . In recent years trying to prohibit that use trees are natural

Birth or cribs 

Birth is done with moss, rocks, dirt , water for sources give a very natural feel and animals and figures are porcelain or which are more rustic wood and are beautiful. Those representing our country with traditional costumes province decade are very cute

Christmas Eve dinner

On 24 December at midnight when the whole family is together is dinner. It is the traditional stuffed turkey or chicken based with prunes, salads and some type of rice and corn Cheeseburger and, of course, can not miss vino.Claro hugs from family and friends. The gifts for children normally put at the foot of the bed to wake up the next day at the open

Midnight Mass

24, really good and the 25th at twelve o'clock midnight mass is celebrated in all churches. It's a pretty long the busiest of the year and subsequently mass but misasal child in the family are, or the child Jesus to make them until January 6.

The ninth

December 15 begins the ninth that is very cute, as they gather in each house to do it and sing carols. This is done with the family, but some churches have a habit of asking households borrowed. Then it goes around the neighborhood to pray in a house and there is sung, poems by the coming of the Christ child engaged, incense is lit and taken with chocolate biscuits. Until 24 this is done.