Burning The Old Year / 14ymedio, Juan Carlos Fernandez

Burning the old year is one of the Cuban traditions of celebrating New Year's Eve. (JC Fernandez)
Burning the old year is one of the Cuban traditions of celebrating New Year’s Eve. (JC Fernandez)

14ymedio bigger14ymedio, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Pinar del Rio, 1 January 2016 — A family in the city of Pinar del Rio burns an effigy made of old clothes at midnight on December 31 in a traditional ceremony that seeks to eliminate bad luck and enter the new year with greater fortune, health and economic development.