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Royal House of the Post Office clock tower, Puerta del Sol, Madrid The twelve grapes ready to be eaten. The Twelve Grapes [1] (Spanish: las doce uvas (de la suerte), lit. 'the twelve grapes (of luck)') is a Spanish tradition that consists of eating a grape with each of the twelve clock bell strikes at midnight of 31 December to welcome the New Year.
The Spanish conquistadors who settled on the island brought the Carnival culture from Europe, though the Roman Catholic authorities of the time considered this to be a Pagan celebration, and therefore mixed Christian traditions into it and began to celebrate the event as well.
The Carnaval de Ponce (English: Ponce Carnival), officially Carnaval Ponceño, is an annual celebration of the Carnival holiday held in Ponce, Puerto Rico.The celebration lasts one week, and like most observations of the holiday ends on Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day, the day before Ash Wednesday).
The National Dominican Day Parade in New York City is a parade organized by people of Dominican heritage in the city. The event started in 1982 as a local celebration with concerts and cultural events in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
Año Nuevo Island, a small island off the coast of Northern California, between San Francisco and Santa Cruz; Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area, a marine protected area off California's central coast; Año Nuevo State Park, a California wildlife reserve located in San Mateo County
Wiñoy Tripantu is the Mapuche celebration that marks the return of the sun, [1] often referred to as the Mapuche New Year. [2] It occurs on the June solstice, which is the shortest day of the year in the Mapuche homeland in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dominicans (Spanish: Dominicanos) also known as Quisqueyans (Spanish: Quisqueyanos) are an ethno-national people, a people of shared ancestry and culture, who have ancestral roots in the Dominican Republic.
Merengue tipico band playing in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Merengue típico (also known as merengue cibaeño or colloquially as perico ripiao) is a musical genre of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest style of merengue.