1. Russian Holidays and Traditions

2. Holidays Official : New Year’s Day The Defender of Fatherland Women’s Day May Day Victory Day

3. 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.

4. Non-official (religious) Christmas Easter Palm Sunday Shrove-tide

5. It is interesting Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter are Christian holidays Shrove-tide is a pagan holiday.

6. 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.

9. It lasts 7 days. Each day has it’s own name. Monday-is >. On this day people have many tasty things on the table

10. Tuesday > On this day in old times young people tobogganed and looked for wives and husbands

11. Wednesday > Mother-in-law invited son-in-law to dinner

12. Thursday > On this day there were different rituals,man drank deer

13. Friday > On this day son-in-law treated Mother- in-law

14. Saturday > or > A bride calls relatives to her house

15. Sunday > After supper before going to bed the member of the family ask pardon of each other.

16. Над проектом работали: Герасина Яна Морозова Инна Бронивец Екатерина