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Alin Modoranu Holidays
1. Star singing songs is a very important part of
Christmas celebrations Romanian. On Christmas
Day, many singers walking on snow-covered
streets of towns and villages, holding a star made
of cardboard and paper with biblical scenes
painted on it.
Tradition in Romania requires that children go
from house to house, singing songs and reciting
poems star or legend throughout the Christmas
period. The leader carries with him a wooden
stand, covered with foil and decorated with
colored ribbons and bells. An image of the Holy
Family is glued in the center of the star and all
creation is attached to a broomstick or a strong
stick.
For the most awaited celebration in December,Christmas,
Romanians appealed equally to tradition, knowing how to
accept and habits latest. Greeted with joy, Nativity brings
with it an amount of very old practice which celebrate the
winter solstice, when the nature gives hope that it will be
reborn.
Embedded therein carols habit of not only song and ritual
gesture, but also numerous messages and symbols of an
ancient Romanian spirituality. He was sometimes kept
associating with the Christian celebration of the great
event which is Jesus Christ Nativity. There are also songs
by the star (or carols Christian), on the subject of the
Nativity.
On Christmas Eve, the evening in all villages in the
country, start caroling. Nativity star proclaim children and
are welcomed by hosts who repay him with apples, nuts
and coils.
UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMYC SCIENCES
AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
HOLLIDAYS TO VILLAGE
MODORANU FLORIN ALIN/GROUPE
8101/IEA
KEYWORDS: HOLLIDAYS, CHRISTMAS TREE, SANTA CLAUS
CAROLS