Why People of Peru Gifts Yellow Underwear on New Year’s Eve?

As people of several countries celebrate New Year Eve with majestically and amusingly; Peru citizens also celebrate the eve with lot of fun and in a traditional way. Usually 31st of December of every year is celebrated as last day of current year and welcome party for New Year’s Eve. However in some countries New Year’s Day is being celebrated as per their local calendar along with some ancient rituals and traditions of them. Similarly people of Peru too have a unique kind of tradition of gifting yellow underwear to their friends and relatives to be wearied on the midnight of New Year. So what’s the fact actually is? And, why yellow color is so significant than others?

Peru is also famous for Shamanism for over 3000 years; which is second largest believed country after India. People here are more superstitious and religious too. We must not belief that the days are gone with deadliest supernatural practices and ritual activities due to modernization of culture. As people still persist bad practices along with good. Read how a Canadian dies in Peru after drinking tea with shaman.

It is a local believe in Peru that wearing yellow underwear just after the midnight is fruitful or auspicious for the whole year. Yellow is the symbol of positive energy and prosperity; due to which people used to gift yellow underwear to their friends & relatives. In other sense, red is symbol of romance and passion; blue is for good heath; green is for good luck; white is for peace, joy and happiness; pink is for luck in love. 

One more famous tradition of Peru on New Year’s Eve is eating grapes during zero night countdowns. Twelve grapes should be eaten (six green and six purple) with 12 wishes during the last countdown.

One more ritual in Peru during New Year is burning dolls made up of clothes, wood, paper, etc. at the midnight symbolizing the ending of negative energy and bad luck of present year and evolution or begin of New Year with good luck and positive energy.

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