New Year's Eve in Brazil is full up, with lots of unique traditions. No ball dropping at midnight, no crazy party hats and confetti, no throwing up. Here, everyone dresses in white. (Unless you wear some other color, each of which represents your hopes for new year, e.g., love, luck, wealth, the list goes on and on. We stuck with white.) Another tradition is to head to the beach and jump over seven waves. And to eat lentils as the clock strikes 12 (so no kissing). Brazilians also say you should eat pork and then chicken, because the former scratch back and the latter scratch forward, symbolizing out with the old and in the new. Or something along those lines. Florianopolis has a fireworks display -- the largest we've ever seen -- over the ocean just around the corner from our apartment that attracts thousands of people, including us!
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| Us with Seher, Drew and Cody Judkins. We look like locals, right? |
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| Hi five. |
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| No lentils. |
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| Tailgating before the big show. |
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| Wave jumping. Looks like that was only six times, though. |
