LIFESTYLE
How Countries Around The World Celebrate New Year – Part 2
The Festival Of Saint Basil – Greece
The Festival of Saint Basil is celebrated as a Greek New Year celebration. They also have the practice of honoring the founder who belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church. Every year, to bring prosperity and attract luck, many celebrations occur.
For example, as a symbol of rebirth, an onion is traditionally hung on the door of homes. Every New Year Day, children are woken up by getting an onion tapped on their head by their parents. Another practice of Greek tradition is eating Vasilopita or the Saint Basil’s cake.
In baking, they use silver or gold coins inside the cake, and whoever gets the coin in their slice is considered the luckiest person in the coming year.
