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- Paying Debts. One of the most unique traditions in the Philippines is the focus on settling your debts. While nobody wants to ring in the new year with even more debt, this is a big focus of the holiday in the Philippines.
- Making Noise. New Year’s Eve in the Philippines isn’t a quiet event! This is a time to be as loud as possible. Pots and pans are banged together, kids use homemade instruments, and everyone just turns up the volume.
- Firework Displays. Speaking of loud, this is also a time for some of the most extravagant fireworks displays. Colors and lights are a big part of how Filipinos celebrate, so it’s no surprise fireworks are so popular.
- Cleaning the Home. Cleaning is a shared New Year’s Eve tradition around the globe. The Cambodian New Year and Chinese New Year also emphasize the importance of cleaning before ringing in the new.
- Don’T Clean Your House on New Year’S Day
- Make Loud Noises to Welcome The Year
- Turn on All The Lights at Home
- Keep The Doors and The Windows Open During New Year’S Eve
- Wear Polka-Dotted Clothes For Good Luck
- Keep Coins in Pockets
- Jump to Be Taller
- Every Dinner Table Must Have 12 Rounds of Fruits
- There Should Always Be Sticky Rice on Every Feast
- Eatingpancit For Long Life
Filipinos would usually do all the cleaning and the throwing away of unused stuff in the days leading to January 1st but never on New Year’s Day itself. They believe that sweeping and cleaning the house during the start of the year would “sweep” away from the good fortune that came in during New Year’s Eve.
Lighting up firecrackers and fireworks is not only done to bring a colorful start to the year. Filipinos also do it to scare and drive away from the evil spirits. For some who’d want a safer alternative to maintain this tradition, they use trumpets, car honks, loud music–basically anything that makes noise–and blast them as loud as they could as th...
Filipinos believe that keeping all the lights at home on during New Year’s Eve would lead them to have a better and brighter year ahead.
In anticipation of the year, families keep their windows and their doors widely open during New Year’s Eve. They believe that by doing so, the bad energy and bad luck will leave, and the good energy will be coming and flowing in the house.
Polka dots symbolize coins which, in turn, symbolize good fortune. Wearing garments with these patterns is said to bring money and good fortune to whoever wears them.
While waiting for the new year to start, people usually keep their pockets filled with coins, jiggling them as soon as midnight comes. They believe that doing so will attract good fortune for the year. They also scatter coins in various parts of the house so the fortune and the money will spread all over.
As soon as the clock strikes midnight, seeing kids and adults jumping as high as they could is no new sight. Filipinos have this belief that jumping as the new year comes will get them to grow taller.
It is a must for every family to have 12 kinds of round fruits during their media noche. They believe that doing so will give them good luck and good fortune for all 12 months of the year. This is the reason why as soon as the last days of the year arrive, everyone rushes to buy all kinds of round fruits–from the lychees to the biggest watermelons.
Especially during family gatherings, delicacies made of glutinous or sticky rice (malagkit) like biko should be served. Doing this would maintain the “stickiness” or the unity of the family, and so the good fortune will “stick” throughout the year.
Serving and eating pancit or noodles would bring long life to the members of the family, and this is the reason why this dish has always been a staple in various celebrations – may it be during New Year’s or during birthdays.
Jan 1, 2023 · In the Philippines, people are looking forward to the New Year with hope that they will stay healthy and happy. Asia In the Philippines, revived traditions bring hope and gratitude in the new year
Dec 27, 2021 · 3. Wearing Polka Dots Designed Clothes. Wearing polka dots is said to bring good luck in the Philippines. Filipinos believe that spherical items bring good luck, wearing a round patterned dress on New Year’s Eve has become a tradition. According to Filipinos, the round goods will bring prosperity back.
Jan 15, 2020 · The Lunar New Year won’t be complete without setting off fireworks and firecrackers or generally just making noise. Doing this is supposed to drive away bad spirits, bad luck, and the mythical beast called Nian. Filipinos commonly use horns and cooking pots to create noise. Chinese families also gather to have their New Year’s Eve dinner ...
Dec 29, 2023 · Jose Carretero, ABS-CBN News. Published Dec 29, 2023 06:05 PM PHT. Welcoming the New Year for Filipinos will never be complete without sumptuous meals for the traditional media noche. For 63-year old Nelia Aliado of Meycauyan, Bulacan, this is not just a day of feasting but a day of looking back to the old tradition in preparing foods that her ...
Dec 31, 2013 · Here are some New Year's Eve facts you should know about: The Roman emperor Julius Caesar actually has a hand on why we celebrate New Year’s Day on January 1. He introduced a new calendar on 46 B.C. and established the said date as the start of the year. He also named January after the Roman god Janus who has two faces-one looking forward and ...
