Winter customs in my country by Oksana Strutinskaya https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr Every country has its customs en-us 2018-01-12 17:07:28 UTC 2023-01-30 21:05:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ornamenttree.png viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221148612 2018-01-12 22:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221148612 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221148717 2018-01-12 22:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221148717 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221149567 2018-01-12 22:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221149567 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221149823 2018-01-12 22:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221149823 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221150265 2018-01-12 22:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221150265 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221151195 2018-01-12 23:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221151195 viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152254 2018-01-12 23:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152254 The Epiphany viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152683 The Epiphany  in Ukraine is celebrated on January 19. This day is not a public day off, but this fact does not diminish the significance of the holiday.
On January 19, you can see crowds of people near the churches. People come to consecrate water. Water on this day becomes curative and retains its properties throughout the year. Water is used to treat various ailments and sprinkling habitation.
On this day thousands of believers gather near rivers and lakes. Near the reservoirs are church services. In the frozen river, an ice hole breaks through, and those wishing dive into it .

]]> 2018-01-12 23:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152683 Fortunetelling during Christmas holidays viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152878 Since ancient times, people have always tried to look into the future and get to know about their destiny. The best time for fortune-telling is the holidays from the Holy Eve to the Epiphany; in Ukraine this period is also called Svyatki (Saint Days). It was believed that these days you could see your future and destiny. Traditionally these were young unmarried girls that wanted to know their destiny. To learn about the future spouse ,you need to go outside in the evening and the first person you meet will define your future for the next year. If a young girl is lucky enough to see a handsome guy, then she can expect positive changes in her personal life, and the same with a young man when he meets a girl. If you meet old woman or a man of the same sex on road, then there can be no change. ]]> 2018-01-12 23:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221152878 Malanka viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153158 The Feast of St. Malanya is celebrated on the eve of the Old New Year or St. Basil on January 14. On this day, people sing not only carols, but also shchedrivky. This day from the very morning the boys came to the houses, spread the wheat around, saying traditional congratulation rhymes at the same time. Many researchers of Ukrainian culture indicate that these traditions came from paganism. After all, earlier the new year began on March 1, and therefore it was decided to sow grain in the house, as a symbol of the beginning of new work on land and crops.]]> 2018-01-12 23:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153158 Malanka celebration viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153251 If during the Christmas holidays vertep was the main theatrical action, Malanka celebration had its own theater and its heroes. One of the main characters was Goat. It was a young guy who dressed the costume and played the role. Other important heroes were Baba Malanka (Granny Malanka) and Did Vasily (Grandfather Vasily). In modern performances, one can also see modern heroes, for example, a doctor. People were baking special breads for this holiday; the breads were called Malanka and Vasily. These characters go together in folklore, because in the church calendar the holiday of Malanka ends the year, and the day of St. Basil (Vasily in Ukrainian) begins a new one.]]> 2018-01-12 23:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153251 Kolyada (carols) viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153439 All Christmas holidays were always accompanied by carols. In pre-Christian times, Kolyada was the night from December 24 to December 25. It was believed that this is the night when the days were starting to get bigger and the spring were coming closer. In our time, Kolyada means all Christmas holidays, and not just Christmas itself.
After the Holy Supper, the carols went to every house, chanting the birth of Christ and wishing the house and the family a happy life in the new year. Today almost nobody knows that earlier Christmas carols were sung not for Christmas, but for Easter. 
]]> 2018-01-12 23:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153439 Christmas celebrations viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153562 Christmas celebrations were beginning from the very morning. It was a man or aboy who was the first to enter the house in the morning; he wished the owners a good harvest, happiness and a good year. Only boys were allowed to do it; girls were forbidden to be the first to visit the house in the morning after Christmas. In the morning the family went to the church for a festive liturgy. After the liturgy, people greeted each other with the following phrases: “Christ was born!” — “Praise him!”. Christmas was celebrated for 3 days with carols, nativity and with joy for the newborn Christ. Since everyone was fasting before the holidays, it was also typical to stick pig before Christmas and cook meals with meat for celebration.]]> 2018-01-12 23:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153562 Ukrainian kuty viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153855 The mistress of the house cooked ingredients for kutya — a traditional meal for this special day. To prepare it, one needed clean water taken to the house before the sun rises.People believed that at night it becomes sacred. Other necessary ingredients were welded wheat, honey, poppy seeds, nuts and raisins. Each component of kutya had its own meaning, for example, wheat was associated with eternal life. ]]> 2018-01-13 00:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153855 Holy Evening (Christmas Eve) viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153918 It was celebrated on the eve of Christmas. Everybody woke up early in the morning and began preparing for the Holy Supper (Christmas Eve supper). The first thing was to make uzvar (similar to fruit punch) from the dried fruits harvested earlier. there were 12 other meals cooked for the Holy Evening.The main reason to celebrate the Holy Evening was that people believed that this is the day when the souls of deceased relatives came to them and this supper was cooked for them. With the dawn the family sat at the table, and the head was the first to try the kutya, and after all the rest did. All dressed in their best clothes, the table was covered with the best tablecloth, and all the meals were also festive. After the evening, the meals were left on the table, meaning that the souls of the deceased relatives were waiting here]]> 2018-01-13 00:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153918 Preparing for Christmas holidays viksy https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153983 People have always respected the Christmas holidays. According to tradition, preparations began in the autumn. When harvesting, people selected the most beautiful ears of wheat, oats and other cereals, made Didukh of it and kept it until Christmas.
During the preparation period it was necessary to finish all the work on the farm, to put the house in order. Everyone took part in this, everyone had certain responsibilities. It was traditional to buy new things before the holidays come; for example, dishes and clothes for all members of the family. Young people learned new Christmas carols and rehearsed the setting of the nativity. It was a busy part of the year, which ended in long-awaited holidays.
]]> 2018-01-13 00:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221153983 Snezana PVB Novi Sad Serbia https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221191378
In Serbia, "Česnica" is eaten for Christmas.
In Eastern Serbia, "Česnica" is a bread with a coin. In Vojvodina, "Česnica" is a dry baklava (peel for pies with walnuts and dry grapes)]]> 2018-01-13 15:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221191378 Lithuania giedraud https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221246084 In Lithuania we have three the most important holidays. We celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year. The special is Christmas Eve. My student created a film about our holidays in Lithuania. Enjoy watching.]]> 2018-01-14 11:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221246084 In Italy, Christmas Holidays are celebrated in many different ways, depending on the region. In my region, Calabria, located in the south, we use to prepare, for Christmas eve, a particular food called 'Zippuli'. Since we don't eat meat until Christmas day (the 25th december for catholics), zippuli are made of: flower, potatoes, salt. They are fried and can be garnished with: anchovies, chilli peppers, stockfish. The have to be eaten when they are hot, so all the family is in the kitchen eating and helping the one who cooks lorenza_morgante https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221255692 2018-01-14 13:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221255692 Viki Dogani, Greece https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221258506 In Greece we have christmas holidays we make christmas tree. It is the best season]]> 2018-01-14 14:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221258506 Mariana Lulache https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221260549
Colindul - a traditional custom in Romania

]]> 2018-01-14 14:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221260549 Vesna Kostic, Serbia ducic_istorija https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221266884 In Serbia, the tradition is to swim for the Holy Cross during Epiphany.]]> 2018-01-14 15:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221266884 Nancy, Greece https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221281573 In Greece, Christmas is a big religious holiday and schools close for 15 days. On New Year' s Day we cut a special cake with a coin in it ("vassilopita", meaning the pie of Santa Claus). During this period, we celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January which is a public holiday. Swimmers dive for the Holy Cross. Now that the Christmas break is over we are getting ready to celebrate Carnival. "Clean Monday" (or Ash Monday) marks the beginning of Lent and this year we celebrate it very soon, on 19th February!

]]> 2018-01-14 17:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221281573 Inna Dubovik, Ukraine inna_dubovik https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221452398 Ukrainian "Shchedryk" is performed by pupils of Mariupol boarding school № 37, Ukraine.]]> 2018-01-15 14:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221452398 prof. Adam Wodziczko Primary School in Swarzędz jolanta_nowacka https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221594275 in Poland, unfortunately, the custom of caroling fades, money like singing carols and pastorals. But I still have the opportunity to get attached to the Christmas Eve supper and Christmas. On Christmas Eve at midnight, you go to church. Of course, Gwiazdor or Santa Claus - depending on the region of Poland, brings gifts for children to the Christmas tree.]]> 2018-01-16 07:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221594275 Svetlana Melnichak, Ukraine. https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221652980 We cherish folk traditions. We sing festive songs.]]> 2018-01-16 11:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221652980 prof. Ciur Marina, The Republic of Moldova ciurmarina https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221727322 On January 14, St. Vasile is celebrated
or New Year's Old Style
children go with the goat]]> 2018-01-16 14:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/221727322 Inna Lisova, Ukraine innalisova35 https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/222318351 A week after the carol, on the eve of the New Year (according to the old style) - Shchedriy Vechir. This is the remnant of the ancient, presumably pre-Christian custom. The Christian calendar is the day of the Reverend Melanie. In folk tradition, both holidays have been united, and now we have Shchedri Vecher, or the feast of Melanka.]]> 2018-01-18 07:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/222318351 We don't have the kind of traditional holidays in winter in Azerbaijan but it's so interesting to know about customs and holidays of other countries. mehribaneyub https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/222952328 2018-01-19 20:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/222952328 Tatyana Glebova, Ukraine. glebova_tatyana76 https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/225284105 Celebrate the Old New Year!]]> 2018-01-27 11:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/225284105 Tatyana Rudas, Ukraine. https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/225328086 Ukrainian Shchedrivka on the Old New Year!]]> 2018-01-27 21:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/viksy/kij2jdccq3gr/wish/225328086