New Year's in Ecuador

  Creating puppets and old age

Prospective dates at the end of year, many people gather to prepare famous puppets of old year, they most commonly were built with acerrin and used clothing unused, were also filled with paper or newspaper, adorned with various objects, primarily with masks made cardboard, these policies generally represented, famous figures, celebrities and people associated with family and friends.

 

Generally these phrases used to carry the blessed will (everything left for next year), or the name of the puppet who represented, and even with them ivan papers contained the bad things that have happened during the year so that the time to burn everything fence with.

  Currently puppets are built with a wooden structured base which is covered with newspaper, paper and cardboard, often have a variety of size, some of these are great monuments.
These have been coupled more science fiction characters, characters from movies also the year, celebrities, celebrities, places and finally something that is not doing, the representation of political leaders (President, mayors, ministers, etc).

            These puppets are displayed in homes, on the fronts of cars, in squares, streets, balconies and all places where they have built one of these.

 

Day of the Innocents

The Fools Day is a great festival that takes in several provinces of Ecuador, especially in Cuenca, where are performed and parades, referring to the day of the innocent.This festival has its beginning from December 28 until January 6 next year (Day of the Magi).This tradition in the Christian world refers to '' The Day of the Innocents '' day when the massacre is given to all children under two years living in Belen, order issued by King Herod, in order to get rid of Jesus, the child who had recently been born in the stable of Bethlehem (remembered at Christmas).In the beginning this celebration was strictly religious, with the passage of time, other elements were incorporated pagan character such as making and parades in which people dress up all sorts of characters, they celebrated with jokes and jokes who they strive to tease and reveal the innocence of those who receive it without knowing it.

Amulets and rituals to welcome the new year.

Many people believe that to have a prosperous new year should make some kind of ritual or carry something that attracts luck, for there to be greater prosperity, salur, love, economic stability and other items of personal nature. 

 

 Linen dress

 It relates to ward off illness and bring good health.

 

Yellow underwear

It means joy and attract money. Taken for the New Year happiness and wealth are missing. 

 

 Red Underwear

 It means love and harmony in the family, or to attract love.

 Bag

It symbolizes travel in the coming year. People leave their homes and give you a walk around the block. and if they want to travel with your love, they do together.

 Lentils

 They are about abundance, prosperity and the economy throughout the year. People teaspoon of lentils are eaten when they give 12.

Money

 Economic prosperity is concerned. People receive the year with a coin in your shoe or a ticket in his pocket.

 

 Broom

 At midnight people sweep with a broom out of the front door. So all the bad vibes cleaned his house to start the new year.

 

 Coins

 For good fortune and prosperity. 12 coins of the same denomination are stored and during the New Year is the spear into the sky.

 

 Grapes

 Symbolize your desires and projects for the 12 months of the new year.It is placed in each cup 12 grapes with each stroke and eats one and a wish for the coming year is requested.

Whitecaps

Give lambs it means abundance and good fortune to the person who receives it, which is why many use this date to obsequiarlos.

 

 Marriage

 For those who wish to marry, you are advised to sit and stand in each of the 12 chimes of the clock.

 

Better job or job title

 Want a promotion at work? You must get on a ladder or stand on a chair and be higher than others.

 

Widows of the Old Year

When the New Year arrives strange women who claim to be old widows to be burned at the end of the night of 31 shows.

These 'damsels', addressing the drivers to ask them for alms, appear on the streets from about 18:00.  

These others are nothing but men dressed as women who want to represent the poor woman who loses her husband (the year ending) and hits the streets in search of a new husband (addressing the drivers of the vehicles) or to ask for money.

With sexy skirts, wigs, heels and heavy makeup on their faces they are placed at key points in their neighborhoods.
This tradition has been carried durantes several years in Ecuador.

Fireworks
 When you get 12of night the last day of the year, it can be seen around the fires sky firework that announce the arrival of the new year, when all families and Friends hugged are provided and wish the best of luck for the year incoming.

Snowman burning the old year
Incineration at midnight on December 31 is a purification ritual to ward off bad luck and transitional because the new year is celebrated.

 New Year in the United States
 In the United States the New Year celebrations, is celebrated on January 1, starting from the night of December 31 with parties, concerts, fireworks and special events of all kinds. Many towns and cities in the United States celebrate the day with parades and football games.
In some communities, the first baby born on New Year honored with gifts and coverage of the media. The New Year as such is often symbolized by a baby in diapers a party hat and a paper band with the year number. By contrast, the "old year" ending is represented by illustrations of "Father Time", an old man
robed white beard carrying a hourglass and a scythe.
 Father Time
 
 
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