10 Traditions Celebrating New Year in Indonesia, Number 2 Can Be Fatal

Kapanlagi.com - The turn of the year becomes a moment that is celebrated joyfully by the world. Soon we will leave the year 2018, and welcome the new year 2019 with various celebrations. New Year's Eve celebrations, which are precisely on December 31, are celebrations that are held every year in various countries. Every country has its own traditions to celebrate the New Year's Eve, including Indonesia. Here are 10 traditions for celebrating the New Year in Indonesia:

1. Blowing Trumpets

When the night of the New Year's Eve, everyone who celebrates it will gather at a central point in the city, such as the town square. The gathering of many people in the city center will become more crowded when each person blows their own trumpet. There are various types of trumpets used to celebrate the New Year, such as regular trumpets or types of tegon and hats, shaped like birds, shrimp, snakes, guitars, plastic trumpets, and others.

2.Fireworks Party

Not only blowing trumpets, fireworks party is also the most anticipated moment on New Year's Eve. Colorful fireworks in the form of sparks will be launched into the sky precisely at 00:00, which is a sign that the new year has come. However, it is important to remember that playing with firecrackers is not always safe. Many victims are usually children.

3.Gathering with Family

New Year's Eve is a moment eagerly awaited by families who are separated from other family members. On that night, distant or migrant family members will return home to gather with their families.

4. Barbecue

Gathering with family feels incomplete without cooking together. The New Year moment is always synonymous with grilling or roasting techniques. Usually, a family will grill corn, fish, or meat to eat together. In addition, the fire at night makes the atmosphere warmer.

5.Camping

Teenagers usually take advantage of the New Year's Eve to go camping with their friends, whether it's school friends, college friends, or playmates.

6.Vacation

December is an eagerly awaited month because it can be a long holiday. Starting from Christmas vacation to New Year.

7.Many Concert Events

During the New Year's Eve, there are many concert events held, both off air and on air. Private television stations usually hold concerts to enliven the New Year's Eve event, which are also attended by top artists to attract the attention of the audience. Not only music concerts, the concert organizers also usually hold fireworks parties at midnight.

8.Mandok Hatta

For the Batak people, in their tribe, there is a tradition where every New Year's Eve, exactly at midnight, there is something called Mandok Hatta (conveying words) in the family. Mandok Hatta is a joint worship event. Then, after finishing worship, the youngest child in the family must express their feelings for the past year, such as apologies, changes in attitude, hopes, and dreams for the coming year. All of that is expressed in front of the family, so that everyone is open to each other and forgive each other.

9. Renting a Villa

There are many families who rent a villa during the New Year's Eve. The most rented villa is around Puncak, for example Puncak Bogor. In the villa, all family members gather together. Not only gathering, other activities are also done such as barbecuing, playing games, and swimming the next morning.

10. Sleeping at Home

Not everyone celebrates the New Year's Eve, some choose to stay at home. Because the large number of people going out on New Year's Eve will cause traffic jams, and all tourist places are also full and crowded. So there are some people who prefer to stay quiet and sleep at home.

The year 2019 is just around the corner. Among the 10 traditions to liven up the New Year's Eve, which one will you do to celebrate the year 2019?

(kpl/mel)