Tim Walker looked at some of the more interesting ways that countries welcomed the New Year:

• Russians write their New Year’s wish on a piece of paper, burn it, mix the ashes with their drink, and then drink up.
• Danes take their chipped crockery and smash it on the front porches of their closest friends.
• Brazilians spend it at the beach where thousands of tiny boats bearing flowers and other gifts are released into the ocean.

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Source: The Independent