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Years Eve bash is celebrated in Niagara Falls. This years free concert features the Sheepdogs, Our Lady Peace and Simple Plan and is expected to draw 40,000 people.

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will gather in Times Square to watch the iconic ball drop. This year Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber will perform for the million revellers. Before the big night, revellers can record their wishes on a piece of paper at the New Year's Eve Wishing Wall at the Times Square Visitor Center. All of the wishes from the wall and those submitted online will be collected and added to the confetti that utters down onto the streets of Times Square at midnight.

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5 1 Canada Niagara Falls, Ont.: Canadas largest New

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Romans dive o Cavour Bridge into shallow Tiber River a dangerous tradition established in 1946.

2 U.S. New York City: Tens of thousands of people

high-energy Carnival, you haven't seen anything! On New Year's Eve, Brazilians throw champagne and roses in the ocean as an o ering to the goddess of the sea and celebrate with an elaborate reworks display at midnight.

5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro: If you think Rio goes loco during the

17th century slaves were prevented from celebrating on Dec. 31, so they did so on Jan. 1 instead. Cape Towns Minstrel Carnival carries on the tradition today.

100,000 people crowd the Champs Elysees to watch a magnicent reworks and light show at the Ei el Tower.

8 France Paris: Bonne Annee! About

Las Vegas: It seems Sin City is the place to be this New Year's Eve with a packed A-list including Kim Kardashian, Chris Brown, Fergie and LMFAO. Philadelphia: Mummers Parade sees elaborately costumed people dance to string bands, drawing on European and African heritages.

in Tokyo and involve the exploration of temples and palaces as much as they involve reworks, food stands and nightclubs. On Jan. 2, the Imperial Palace opens for tours, one of only two occasions through the year where visitors can see the inner workings of the palace.

9 Japan Tokyo: New Year's Eve celebrations carry on for three days

Day parade at more than 3 km long. More than a quarter-million people ock to the shores of the Thames River for the annual New Year's Eve party in London. The iconic bells of Big Ben sound at midnight as reworks are launched from the London Eye.
Sources: Discovery Channel; Yahoo! Voices; Australian Dept of Immigration and Citizenship; Graphic News

3 Britain London, England: London stages the worlds largest New Years

and most technologically advanced New Years Eve reworks display. It draws larger crowds than Paris (100,000), London (700,000), Berlin (1 million) and New York City (1 million) with about 1.5 million people gathering on the Sydney Harbour foreshore and 2.6 million watching the reworks on TV.

6 Australia Sydney: Sydneys reworks display is the worlds largest

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People buy 12 di erent round fruits one for each month to bring them good fortune. Grapes are most closely associated with New Years Eve.

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Performers go house-to-house in rural areas (and more recently in cities too), dancing and singing to ward o evil spirits.