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 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 >. On this day people have many tasty things on the table
Tuesday > On this day in old times young people tobogganed and looked for wives and husbands
Wednesday > Mother-in-law invited son-in-law to dinner
Thursday > On this day there were different rituals,man drank deer
Friday > On this day son-in-law treated Mother- in-law
Saturday > or > A bride calls relatives to her house
Sunday > 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