In this country, wearing bright yellow undies brings luck, love and money

Yellow underwear for sale at a store in Medellin, Colombia. Photos: AFP

Yellow underwear is flying off the shelves these days in the Chilean capital Santiago, where tradition holds that it brings prosperity and love.

That's just one of many colourful New Year's rituals in Latin America, where some spend the evening walking around with a suitcase, others put potatoes under the bed and still others throw buckets of water out the window.