Yellow Underwear Rings in New Year

So I'm flipping through the paper on a lazy morning in this new year when I run across a tiny little article about yellow underwear.

All across Latin America, says the story, people believe they can influence their luck for the coming year depending on the color of underwear they are wearing.

Red underwear brings love. Yellow underwear brings wealth. Apparently, this year, the yellow underwear has been most popular, especially in Mexico City.

The whole idea behind this short little article sent me to Google. I just had to check this out, see if I could find any blogs or travel pictures to back this up. I found tons.

This blog, Year in Bolivia, posted a great photo of a market stall full of yellow underwear.

As 2010 kicks off, I couldn't help but think that all this yellow underwear business is at least bringing wealth to one segment of the population: the vendors!

Photo (c) Joe Boxer