In Ecuador, they celebrate the New Year by burning effigies of pop culture figures, politicians, TV and movie characters, and anything else you can imagine. Some are simple newspaper creations and some are very, very large paper mache sculptures. The effigies represent things you want to get rid of in the new year and at midnight they are burned. There is also a tradition where the men dress in drag and beg for money. They pretend to be the widows of the effigies. Another road trip is necessary.
New Years Eve is definitely about burning something. Even if you're just burning a list of things you don't want around you anymore. Some cultures also burn wishes for things you do want to happen. In Russia at the stroke of midnight you burn a slip of paper with your wish for the new year and then quickly toss the ashes in a glass of champagne and drink it before the final stroke of twelve for your wish to come true. Na zdorovje!
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