{"id":2740,"date":"2016-12-29T20:17:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T01:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2016-12-29T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T03:39:11","slug":"new-years-customs-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/new-years-customs-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Customs Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>In the Philippines wearing polka dots and eating round fruits is supposed to ensure a prosperous new year<\/li>\n<li>In Denmark unused dishes and plates are saved until Dec 31st when they are affectionately shattered against the doors of friends and family<\/li>\n<li>In Ecuador New Year is celebrated by burning paper-filled scarecrows at midnight<\/li>\n<li>In Spain if you can manage to stuff 12 grapes in your mouth at midnight you\u2019ve achieved good luck for the next year<\/li>\n<li>In Japan bells are rung 108 times in alignment with the Buddhist belief that this brings &#8220;cleanness&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In Chile families spend the night in the company of their deceased loved ones by sleeping at the cemetery<\/li>\n<li>In Finland people predict the coming year by casting molten tin into a bucket of water and interpreting the resulting shape<\/li>\n<li>In Colombia folks carry suitcases around with them all day in hopes of a travel filled year<\/li>\n<li>In Estonia it is the custom to eat seven times on New Year&#8217;s Day to ensure abundance in the new year<\/li>\n<li>In China people paint front doors red to symbolize happiness and good fortune<\/li>\n<li>In Austria people feast on suckling pig and give gifts of marzipan or chocolate pigs symbolizing good luck<\/li>\n<li>In Singapore wishes written on white &#8220;wishing spheres&#8221; are released into the river<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Philippines wearing polka dots and eating round fruits is supposed to ensure a prosperous new year In Denmark unused dishes and plates are saved until Dec 31st when they are affectionately shattered against the doors of friends and family In Ecuador New Year is celebrated by burning paper-filled &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tvlon.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}