tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15936451.post-72287667587379662902008-01-12T06:53:00.002-07:002008-02-13T16:39:42.281-07:00New Year's traditions in Ecuador"Año viejo" ("the old year") - it is the name of the puppet which symbolises the Old Year. People in whole Ecuador are destroying and burning this symbolic puppet when the year changes, 31st of December at 12 a.m.The puppet is prepared either using old clothes or a wooden construction wrapped with paper, something like papier-mâché. After Christmas these Old Year symbols appeared everywhere - in Katja and Augustashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700592007078676394noreply@blogger.com0