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No es un feriado oficial, pero intenta encontrar a alguien en el trabajo. El paÃs se reúne en la costa para ver los fuegos artificiales de ValparaÃso, come doce uvas a medianoche para doce deseos y brinda con champán. El espectáculo de ValparaÃso son tres kilómetros de fuegos artificiales sobre la bahÃa y es espectacular. Las uvas son obligatorias.
The fireworks over Sydney Harbour are watched by a billion people worldwide and by a hundred thousand people standing in the Domain with warm champagne and sore feet. The countdown is shouted. The kiss at midnight is given. And someone has already set off illegal fireworks in the suburban backyard and the dog is under the bed.
Another midnight celebration with the whole family. The leftover pan dulce from Christmas reappears, the sidra is still flowing, and someone counts down from ten. Paper fireworks in the street, hugs all around, and the unshakeable feeling that next year, surely, things will be better. "El ano que viene si," the eternal Argentine hope.
The last day of the year is celebrated with fireworks over the Mutrah Corniche in Muscat, and the traditional meal of shuwa. The new year is greeted with the phrase "Sana saeeda!" (Happy New Year!), and the fireworks over the harbour : with the old Portuguese fort as a backdrop : are spectacular. The Mutrah Corniche fills with families and young people, and the restaurants along the waterfront do a brisk trade in karak tea and grilled fish.