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A survey conducted by social network Badoo.com across 17 countries and four continents showed Brazilians were considered the top nationality that the rest of the world would most like to party with on New Year's Eve. As New Year's Eve falls in the middle of Brazil's summer, the climate is perfect for large outdoor parties to welcome the new year.

The festivities are held in cities across the country and for those near the beach on New Year's Eve, the tradition in Brazil is to jump seven waves at midnight while throwing flowers in the sea and making a wish, apparently it is one wish for each wave. Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, also boasts a giant New Year's Eve party, held in Paulista Avenue and attended by over a million people.

However, none of the Brazilian cities can match the scale of the NYE party on Rio De Janeiro Copacabana Beach.

Rio De Janeiro

The cultural capital of Brazil might be most famous for its Carnival, but Rio De Janeiro also has a massive New Year's Eve celebration.

The city may have parties going on all over the place in iconic spots like Sugarloaf Mountain and the Lagoa, but there's only one place that the Rio NYE party is renowned for - Copacabana Beach. With 2.5 million party goers in attendance it is considered the biggest New Year's Eve party in the world and Copacabana Beach has giant stages set up along the oceanfront with music, Carnival-style costumes, traditional dance performances and fairground attractions keeping people entertained throughout the night. The places lining the sand offer all-you-can-drink tickets from late-afternoon. The musical line up is always a fairly well-guarded secret until closer to the day, but expect a big Brazilian star, Carnival samba schools and an international DJ to grace the stage. At midnight there is a 15 minute firework display from barges out at sea. Ocean liners are known to moor nearby to watch. As the New Year is counted in, a procession of boats set off a torrent of vivid fireworks over the ocean.

Brazilians traditionally dress in white on NYE, to bring luck for the new year. This tradition turns Rio's Copacabana beach into a giant carpet of white drinking champagne, tossing handfuls of flowers into the ocean and dancing the samba until the main event at midnight

Oh and by the way, in Brazil they speak Portuguese and if you want to say Happy New Year it is “Feliz ano novo”.