02/01/2019
Pomegranates🍅 for a lucky next year explain the details
Young pomegranates street seller, Athens ,1941.
Photo: Voula Papaioannou.
Breaking a pomegranate behind the front door brings good luck and prosperity for the new year according to the Greek tradition.
Following the morning liturgy of the 1rst of January, the person who makes the first step of the year into the house (always with his/her right foot) should ring the bell (never unlock by key or open him/herself) and break a pomegranate behind the door, while saying a wish.
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