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= Important Traditions of Paraguay !! =

==== New Year in Paraguay means Ano Viejo. Its a New Year festival that is accompanied by celebration and entertainment. The people create an sculpture of a person and dress him up like a scarecrow. This sculpture is decorated with old newspapers and firecrackers and then is put up. According to a belief, this scarecrow symbolizes all the bad things that happened over the previous year. To get rid of these bad things, every family lights the sculpture on fire at midnight. The burning of the effigy is believed to be auspicious. As the firecrackers are set off, all of the people across paraguay party and celebrate throughout the night. They also leave all of their closets, doors, and windows open at midnight. They do this because they believe in making loud noises to drive evil spirits out of their houses. Their new year tradition is always celebrated, as if it were law. ====

==== __**Independence Day**__ Paraguay's Independence Day is on May 15. They achieved independence in 1811 from the Spanish. Independence day is celebrated with family and friends, often outdoors by having barbecues, playing football, loud music and lots of beer and wine mixed with cola. ====

Other holidays include Easter, Good Friday, Labor day, Immaculate conception and Christmas.
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