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A world of New Year's traditions
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ELIZABETH LLORENTE, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-31-2004
A world of New Year's traditions -- Ethnic dishes, rituals central to celebration
By ELIZABETH LLORENTE, STAFF WRITER
Date: 12-31-2004, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
Maria Veras has her New Year's Eve props ready.
You won't find confetti or glittery party hats or noisemakers among them. Rather, there is potpourri in the small pot that she will take into each room of her modest Paterson home as midnight nears, in the native Peruvian belief that the aroma will spare the family from envy and malice in the New Year.
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