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Explain who or what ano viejo is and its significance

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It’s one of the biggest tradition on New Year's Eve. A masked dummy stuffed paper and cardboard and dressed in old clothes. Año viejo translates to “old year” and the effigies represent the misfortunes of the past year.
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