Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart American motorists who blow horns to break up traffic.

有些时髦的美国驾车者通过按响汽车喇叭以解除交通堵塞，而这些美国人却藐视那些击鼓驱邪的土著人。

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At midnight at the turn of the old and New Year, people used to let off fire-crackers which serve to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.

午夜之交的旧的和新的一年中，人们用来放防火饼干这有助于赶走邪灵和迎接进入新的一年。

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To drive away evil spirits, 500, 000 rounds of eardrum-testing pyrotechnics will be set off at Sara Roosevelt Park in Chinatown at the New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival on 10 February, before lion and dragon dance troupes make the rounds to local businesses to ring in the Year of the Snake.

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