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　　Listed below are four of the top ten “Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World.”

　　•Breaking Dishes on Neighbor’s Door

　　A strange Danish New Year tradition，depending on how you look at it，is throwing dishes at neighbor’s door.

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　　The family with the tallest tower of broken plates，glasses，cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest person because it symbolizes their large amount of loyal friends.

　　•Talking to Spirits

　　Talking to spirits is a part of Mexican belief.Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones.

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　　And this is not done at home on an individual basis but is a legal Mexican practice.Taos Inn，in New Mexico for example，offers 15 minutes session of spiritualism and meditation for 15.6.Not a bad price for some helpful guidance!

　　•Wearing Polka Dots

　　Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year.

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　　Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth.

　　•Burning Scarecrow Dummy

　　Ecuador has a unique custom of crafting Scarecrows and then burning them at midnight.They adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood.As midnight approaches，everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrow.

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