Lazar's day
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Lazar's Day is celebrated on the eighth day before Easter and involves young women called "lazarki" going from house to house singing songs and blessings for health, happiness, and prosperity. They pick flowers to make wreaths for Palm Sunday the following day as part of the Lazaruvane custom. The festival brings a spring mood and sense of looking forward to both participants and residents, and it was traditionally believed that girls had to take part in the rituals in order to get married.
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українські традиції
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Spring customs and traditions in Greece
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Spring customs and traditions in Greece
This document describes several Greek folk traditions and songs celebrated in early spring to mark the return of swallows and the coming of warmer weather. It explains that children would sing "chelidonismata" or swallow songs and carry wooden swallows from house to house, receiving gifts in return. It also details the traditions of wearing red and white "Martis" bracelets in March and girls dressing and singing as "Lazarines" or "Perperouna" to honor saints and pray for rain. The traditions varied by region but aimed to celebrate the end of winter and arrival of spring.
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Bulgarian customs and traditions prezentaciya
Bulgarian customs and traditions are rooted in pagan times and Christianity. Some key traditions include Martenitsa, worn in March to wish for health, happiness and fertility. Mummers dress as beasts and characters to scare away evil spirits during holidays. Lazaruvane involves girls gathering flowers and singing songs to wish for health and harvest. Survakari are young boys who visit homes before dawn on New Year's to wish for health and fertility while carrying decorated staffs. Nestinarstvo involves fire dancing on hot coals to foresee the future during the Constantine and Helen celebration.
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Bulgaria has many traditional spring, summer, autumn, winter and religious holidays. Some of the major holidays are Baba Marta on March 1st which celebrates the awakening of nature, Trifon Zarezan on February 14th which honors vines and vine-growers, Lazarovden 8 days before Easter which is a romantic holiday for young girls, and Christmas and New Years which are celebrated with special foods and traditions. Many holidays have origins in pagan traditions but now are mostly celebrated for their cultural and religious significance to Bulgarians.
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Customs
This document summarizes Romanian traditions and customs, dividing them into family customs, calendar-based customs, and religious customs. Family customs center around important life events like birth, marriage, and death. Calendar-based customs are associated with the seasons and holidays throughout the year. Major religious customs include Christmas, Easter, and the celebrations of various saints' days. The document provides details on the rituals, superstitions, and symbolic meanings associated with these various traditions.
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1) In Slovenia, February 14th is associated with the resumption of agricultural work and nature awakening from winter.
2) In Japan, women give men chocolate on February 14th depending on their relationship, with homemade "honmei-choko" reserved for romantic partners.
3) In Wales, January 25th is dedicated to Saint Dwynwen, and lovers exchange decorative wooden "lovespoons" as symbols of affection.
4) British superstitions on Valentine's Eve involved dreaming of future husbands through rituals with bay leaves and eggs.
5) In South Korea, singles gather on April
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The document provides information about several holidays and traditions celebrated in various countries, including Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Halloween. It discusses traditions, symbols, songs, poems, and customs associated with each holiday.
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The document discusses traditions and customs in Belarus. It notes that traditions play an important role in Belarusian life. Some key traditions discussed include Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, as well as pagan festivals like Kupalle and Maslenitsa. Kupalle involves searching for the mythical fern flower, which is believed to bring good luck. Maslenitsa celebrates the changing of seasons. The document also mentions medieval reenactments that are popular tourist attractions, and traditional customs during Kupalle night like girls floating garlands in rivers to predict their future husbands.
Romanian Traditions - Dragobete's Day
Dragobete's Day is a Romanian holiday celebrated on February 24th that originated from ancient traditions. It serves as a Romanian Valentine's Day where young people would meet to symbolically commit to romantic relationships for the coming year through rituals involving flowers, chasing games, and dances. The day was seen as a way to ensure protection, health, and fertility for the coming year and involved superstitions like not working or seeing a potential partner.
Romanian customs and traditions
Romanians have many traditions surrounding the changing of seasons and holidays. In March, they celebrate the coming of spring with trinkets, which are amulets made of twisted threads in white and black or red colors. On March 9th, they celebrate 40 Martyr Saints Day, making cookies shaped like eights to honor the martyrs. At Easter, people clean their houses, get new clothes, light candles at church to bring light home and protect against storms. They paint eggs as symbols of renewal, which has become an art form. On October 14th, tens of thousands of pilgrims go to Iasi to celebrate Saint Paraskeva and pray at her relics for healing. At Christmas, children go car
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- 1. Lazar's Day
- 2. Lazar’s Day Girls are dressed in traditional folk costumes. They go round the houses of the village, singing songs and ritual blessings for health, happiness and prosperity.
- 3. When is it celebrated Lazar’s day is celebrated on the eighth day before Easter. Easter is determined by the lunar calendar.
- 4. What can you do On this day perform custom Lazaruvane. Young women called "lazarki" pick flowers to make wreaths that will decorate the feast of Palm Sunday (the next day).
- 5. Why do we like Lazar’s Day Festival brings spring mood and looking forward to both the participants and the residents of villages and towns. It was believed that a girl who has not performed this ritual can not be married.
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- 7. Made By Ivan 6 b class