意大利:当夜幕降临时,人们纷纷拥向街头,燃放爆竹和焰火。午夜时分,家家户户都将房里一些可打碎的坛坛罐罐等扔出户外摔个粉碎。这种场面一直持续到黎明。 南非:南非黑人以跳“南瓜舞”迎接新年。元旦这天,全屯人集合在广场上,围成一圈,边唱边跳。进入高潮时,部族首领头顶一只大南瓜在圈子中间欢舞。最后,首领把南瓜摔碎,意味 Italy: When night falls, people rush to the streets to set off firecrackers and fireworks. At midnight, every household will throw some crushed altar pots and the like out of the house and smash it. This scene lasted until dawn. South Africa: South African blacks to jump “pumpkin dance” to greet the New Year. New Year’s Day this day, all Tuen gathered in the square, surrounded by a circle, singing and dancing. At the height of the climax, a big pumpkin overhead of tribal chiefs danced in the middle of the circle. Finally, the leader smashed the pumpkin, meaning