One of the Colombian traditions for ringing in the new year is making a doll. They are life size, and all have little signs with witty dialogue on them. I pillaged my Halloween costume to make our doll:
The doll gets stuffed with wood chips and firecrackers (or, ‘pirotecnicos’ in Spanish). It sits around for a few days on the doorstep, and on New Years Eve, it gets lit on fire and things go pop.
You can also stuff the doll with your intentions of what you want to let go of from the previous year, like negative thinking, bad habits or… old clothes.
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