The New Year's custom in Hillbrow in ohannesburg of throwing furniture out of windows of tall buildings has been voted one of the strangest customs world-wide to bid farewell to the old year and ring in the new, Reuters reported on the weekend.
The local custom came fourth in a poll conducted by social networking site Badoo.com, which asked 7 200 users in 18 countries to vote for the strangest and also most fun New Year's customs.
The most unusual New Year's customs:
1. Gathering in a graveyard to be with dead relatives (Talca, Chile)
2. Trying to hear animals talking; if you fail, it's good luck (Romania)
3. Banging bread on the walls to frighten away bad spirits (Ireland)
4. Throwing furniture out the window (Johannesburg, South Africa)
5. Diving into a frozen lake, carrying a tree (Siberia)
6. A "possum drop": lowering a possum over a noisy crowd (North Carolina, U.S.)
7. A village punch-up with neighbours to settle old disputes (Peru)
8. Parading the street while swinging balls of fire over your head (Scotland)
9. Watching an old British TV comedy sketch about a lonely dinner (Germany)
10. A giant, three-day water-fight, with water balloons and buckets (Thailand)
New Year's customs that are the "most fun":
1. A mass kiss, or "kiss-in" in a Venice piazza (Italy)
2. Wearing red underwear for good luck (Spain, Italy, Mexico)
3. A giant, three-day water-fight, with water balloons and buckets (Thailand)
4. Throwing furniture out the window (Johannesburg, South Africa)
5. A village punch-up with neighbours to settle old disputes (Peru)
Source: Reuters
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WATCH: New Year's Eve chaos in Hillbrow (source: Eyewitness News on YouTube)