New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the last night at the end of December annually. In western culture, New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with parties and gatherings with relatives, friends, or family while waiting for the turn of the year.

In the some big cities, New Year's Eve is celebrated with a party together in the open field. In the major cities, the party of New Year’s Eve is often reported by television networks and news agencies. Those cities are Edinburgh, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, and New York City.

Throughout the last day of the year, the Japanese people are preoccupied with the tradition of "toshi Koshi" (passing the year). In Japan, New Year's Eve usually called with "joya" is an opportunity for family members to gather. Also, there is a tradition of eating buckwheat called with “toshikoshi” and sardines (toshikoshi iwashi). In addition, Japanese have a tradition of welcoming “toshigami” (God of the new year). That tradition is done in the way to not sleep all night. They believe that whoever falls asleep quickly will be gray-haired (Wikipedia).

In Indonesia, New Year's Eve is celebrated by going around the city by using cars and motorcycles. They sound the trumpets of paperboard and motorcycles/cars as the trumpet of Om Tolelet Om trending in Indonesia now in the streets and places of entertainment. This has become a culture of the Indonesian people while welcoming the New Year. 

The most important thing of the turn of the year is our good hope and wish to do something important in the next year (2017). 

Happy New Year's Eve