Describe New Year's Eve Traditions in your Country

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Permalink Reply by LOUNGENGE Christ Jeannick Cluddy on November 7, 2009 at 9:01am

In my country Congo, our New Year's Eve is on 1st January
We all use to celebrate that in family, with close friends also. For Christian families, it goes from 31st December for we first go to church the whole night. we have Bible studies, a great concert with good Christian groups. We in fact have a break at midnight to take cafee. Then at the end we eat together (not too much for we don't miss the good food at home miam!).

After we go back home to cook, prepare the big New year table and then spend the rest of the time eating, talking and having fun. We really don not use to sleep. But if you're tired you can also take time to sleep when the rest are cooking

We typically eat fried rice, beans with tomato sauce, casava leaves mixed with vegetables, mais and special spices, fried fish, chiken and salads. We have a tradition drink called TANGAWIS (a kind of ginger natural juice with lemon), BISSAP (sorrel natural juice) and also coca-cola, fanta, pulp Orange, grenadine and sprite.

Most of time as it's difficult to see each other during work time, it's a day the whole family with cousins spend time together. we share stories and jokes, listen to so many songs for each of us bring CDs and good music lol
If someone planned us to watch a good movie, that's great!

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Permalink Reply by Milana on November 7, 2009 at 4:22pm

Hello, Tara.
I'm from Ukraine and tell some information about New Year in Ukraine. We celabrate in the night at 31 December - 1st January ( I dont understand why in the night For me its stupid tradition))
Whole day we cook, clean house, titivate tree (candy and toys). We have special dishes. There are salat, roast chiken and sweet, sure champagne and mandarins. After 12 pm everybody go out or call to friends to say Happy New Year, make a big salut and афт whole night. Its really good and friendly time when we have rest 1 week. After at 7 January we have Cristmas.
When I remembering my children year about New Year it were toys, gifts, salut and how I was waiting Deda Moroza (its like Santa Claus)))
Now I change my habits. Last Year I've been to Austria. Maybe in this Year I'll go to Egypt.

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Permalink Reply by LOUNGENGE Christ Jeannick Cluddy on November 9, 2009 at 3:58pm

Hi Milana,
you know, here in my country we also call friends to say Happy New year, but it's too much annoying to notice the network busier. we most of time call, hearing not our friends well. Even while using internet, it's too low. What we do is to send greetings 3 or 4days before to get no problem.

But you can also be lucky on having a good conversation with friends, without troubles :-)

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Permalink Reply by Tara Benwell on November 9, 2009 at 5:36pm

Thanks for this great reply! This is very helpful to me.

LOUNGENGE Christ Jeannick Cluddy said:

Hi Milana,
you know, here in my country we also call friends to say Happy New year, but it's too much annoying to notice the network busier. we most of time call, hearing not our friends well. Even while using internet, it's too low. What we do is to send greetings 3 or 4days before to get no problem.

But you can also be lucky on having a good conversation with friends, without troubles :-)

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Permalink Reply by Tara Benwell on November 9, 2009 at 5:37pm

Thanks Milana!
Milana said:

Hello, Tara.
I'm from Ukraine and tell some information about New Year in Ukraine. We celabrate in the night at 31 December - 1st January ( I dont understand why in the night For me its stupid tradition))
Whole day we cook, clean house, titivate tree (candy and toys). We have special dishes. There are salat, roast chiken and sweet, sure champagne and mandarins. After 12 pm everybody go out or call to friends to say Happy New Year, make a big salut and афт whole night. Its really good and friendly time when we have rest 1 week. After at 7 January we have Cristmas.
When I remembering my children year about New Year it were toys, gifts, salut and how I was waiting Deda Moroza (its like Santa Claus)))
Now I change my habits. Last Year I've been to Austria. Maybe in this Year I'll go to Egypt.

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