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Welcoming the New Year is usually celebrated in various ways, one of the most mainstream is eating with family, right, Mother?
This option can be done in many ways. For example, eating together with a grill or BBQ or serving hot food to be enjoyed at the dining table while chatting.
This tradition becomes more meaningful when the menu chosen is associated with good luck. This is because some foods are considered to be symbols of good luck, Mother.
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Some people from various countries in the world believe that eating these foods on January 1 can bring good luck throughout the year.
Are you curious about what foods are said to bring good luck to welcome the new year 2024? As Bubun summarizes from various sources:
1. Green Vegetables
For a long time, green has been a symbol of good luck. Just look at other symbols that mean good luck such as the four-leaf clover, dollar bills, and jade jewelry, all of which are green.
Not surprisingly, bringing green vegetables to the dinner table is considered to bring good luck. In addition, eating a plate full of green vegetables will start the new year on a healthy note.
2. Mie
In many Asian countries, eating long noodles is believed to prolong life. Usually eaten on the first day of the new year, they try to slurp the noodles from plate to mouth without breaking.
3. Kol
In Germany, Ireland, and parts of the United States, cabbage is associated with good luck because it is as green as a dollar bill. What about cabbage or purple cabbage? No problem, sometimes this vegetable can also be added as a food mixture together with green cabbage.
4. Fish
In some countries, fish are closely associated with the new year because this animal swims in one direction, namely forward. However, there are also those who believe that fish symbolize abundant luck because the fish swim in groups.
So what other foods are usually eaten at New Year and are considered to bring good luck?
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