Russian Holidays and Traditions
Jan 20, 2016
Russian Holidays and
Traditions
Holidays
Official : New Year’s Day
The Defender of Fatherland
Women’s Day
May Day
Victory Day
New Year’s Day is the main holiday in our country.
Women’s Day is an international holiday, it started in Europe in 1911, and was for the first time celebrated in Russia in 1913.
May Day is the holiday of spring.
Non-official (religious)
Christmas
Easter
Palm Sunday
Shrove-tide
It is interesting
Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter are Christian holidays
Shrove-tide is a pagan holiday.
Shrove-tide
Is loved by everybody. This is the holiday when we see Winter off and greet Spring. The Pagans believed that Spring was a sweet young girl
and needed help. So,they burned the figure of Winter and made pancakes,
or blins which symbolise the Sun.
It lasts 7 days. Each day has it’s own name.
Monday-is <<A meeting>>.
On this day people have many tasty things on the table
Tuesday
<<A flirting>>On this day in old times young people
tobogganed and looked for wives and husbands
Wednesday
<<Gourmand>>Mother-in-law invited son-in-law to
dinner
Thursday
<<Walk about Thursday>>On this day there were different
rituals,man drank deer
Friday
<<Evenings of Mother-in-law>>On this day son-in-law treated Mother-
in-law
Saturday
<<Evenings of Sister-in-law>>
or <<Farewell>>A bride calls relatives to her house
Sunday
<<A Day of Pardon>>After supper before going to bed the
member of the family ask pardon of each other.
Над проектом работали:
Герасина Яна
Морозова Инна
Бронивец Екатерина