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New Year » Countrywise » Portuguese New Year
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Portuguese New Year
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New Year celebration in Portugal is marked by cheering, whistling, kissing and lavish drinking bashes. The merrymaking of the Portuguese community is well felt in the rhythm and style of the celebration of the first day of the year in Portugal. Freshness is in the air during the 1st day of January when the entire populace of Portugal welcomes the new year with a colossal pleasure.
New Year in Portugal is greeting with a midnight party - either at home with friends and family or gathering at a pub or club. Portugal is one of those European countries where, there is a very much wild celebration of the New Year's Eve. Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula is the westernmost nation of the mainland Europe. The New Year's Eve in Portugal is a big event in the country's social calendar. On the 1st January here is an official holiday.
The evening before 1st January is celebrated with great excitement and passion. The major cities of the country see a plethora of entertaining events and parties seem to be the order of the day. The many clubs, hotels and restaurants have numerous events for the people. The places are chock-a-block with people and everyone seems hell bent on enjoying themselves.
The basic tenor of the parties is the same there is a lot of dancing, there is a lot of music, and there is a lot of drinking. Exchanging of gifts, elegant wines, lavish dinner and foot tapping at the dance floor embeds a dash of contemporary touch to the Portuguese New Year carnival where merrymaking and cheerfulness gains a profound diction.
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