Answers to the New Year Quiz:
1. Brazil
2. Italy
3. Scotland
4. Nyepi (one of the weirdest things I’ve ever experienced!)
5. Russia
6. Mexico (but even other Latin American countries such as Ecuador and Columbia)
7. February 16/Fire Horse
8. Philippines
9. Buckets full of dirty water
10. Haiti
11. It is forbidden to conduct or participate in a wedding
12. The Danes
13. Jump as high as they can
14. Wearing red underwear
15. Always at the Vernal Equinox, whatever the date
16. The Catalonia region of Northern Spain
17. Bread
18. Onions or pomegranates
19. A Southern dish based on a West African pea stew that’s meant to bring good luck and prosperity—the peas represent coins, and the green stands for dollar bills.
20. In the icy waters of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. (one of the coldest things I’ve ever experienced!)