Overview
- Latest guides outline how to perform staple cábalas such as eating 12 grapes at midnight, choosing underwear by color, walking with an empty suitcase, using lentils for abundance, and lighting candles aligned to desired outcomes.
- The coverage traces origins and diffusion, noting the grapes’ early‑20th‑century Spanish roots, the white‑clothing custom linked to Afro‑Brazilian Candomblé in Copacabana, and lentils’ Roman association with prosperity.
- Advisories include color meanings (yellow or gold for money, red for love, white for peace, green for health, blue for calm) and practical tips drawn from Feng Shui and chromotherapy, plus safe candle use recommendations.
- Economic snapshots report a modest seasonal niche for vendors of yellow garments, candles, herbs and amulets, with estimates of 25–50 soles per family, informal sales peaking through Jan. 6, and growth projected around 2%–3%.
- Celebrity visibility continues to popularize variants, with Galilea Montijo’s lentils ritual, Carlos Rivera’s inside‑out white underwear, and Thalía’s written decrees and symbolic burnings highlighted across features.