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The document discusses the oldest churches in Riga, Latvia. St. Peter's Church is mentioned as being the oldest, first appearing in documents from 1209. The Riga Dome church was likely founded after 1211 when its foundations were laid. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. James began construction in 1225 in early Gothic style and was completed around 1300, though its two upper tower floors and spire were added in the 15th century.
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In Slovakia, Christmas celebrations begin in Advent and continue through December 6th when they celebrate Saint Nicholas. Traditional Christmas foods include cabbage, mushroom soup, gingerbread, and Christmas wafers eaten with honey and garlic. Families partake in traditions like cutting apples to predict health and throwing nuts in the corners for food throughout the next year. They exchange presents to show dependence on each other and sing carols to enhance the Christmas effect. Churches display nativity scenes called Betlehems that are often constructed from wood.
Levice sviatky
The document discusses several traditions and festivals in Levice, Slovakia. It describes the two annual fairs that have occurred since the 14th century featuring food, crafts, and rides. It also discusses the Levice Castle Festival which celebrates folk art and traditions and includes performances and craft demonstrations. Major religious holidays of Christmas and Easter are outlined, noting their history and modern celebrations involving foods, decorations, and traditions.
Traditions in the Czech Republic
Traditions in the Czech Republic have origins in Christian, Slavic Pagan, and regional folk traditions. Some spring traditions include celebrating Morana, the Slavic goddess of death and winter, by burning an effigy of her. Easter is celebrated by painting eggs, whipping as a fertility ritual, and burning witches on Walpurgis Night. Summer traditions include regional fairs and harvest celebrations. Autumn traditions include vintage celebrations of wine, remembering deceased loved ones, and kite flying. Winter traditions include Advent wreath lighting, St. Barbara and St. Nicholas bringing gifts, Christmas Eve carp dinner, pig slaughter, and carnival celebrations like the famous Hlinsko carnival parade.
Christmas meal
According to Latvian folk tradition, nine specific meals should be included in the Christmas dinner table to ensure wealth and prosperity in the new year. These nine magical meals are: peas and beans to avoid crying, pies for new surprises, beets and carrots for health, gingerbread for love, round cookies to be surrounded by sun, cooked cabbage for strength, poultry for success, fish for money, and pork for luck. Bread and buttermilk are also necessary additions to the nine meals.
Christmas beliefs
Christmas traditions in Latvia included taking a purifying bath on Christmas Eve to cleanse the soul, performing fortune telling rituals to divine the future and find romantic partners, counting stars to predict harvest yields, and interpreting symbols drawn from stacking objects under dishes on the Christmas table to foresee the coming year's fortunes. The table was also required to have at least 12 Christmas foods to ensure prosperity throughout the home for the year.
Christmas food in latvia
Christmas traditions in Latvia involve setting a table with 9 different foods on Christmas Eve to bring wealth in the new year, including pig snout, boiled cabbage, bacon pies, peas, gingerbread, pearled grains porridge, fried fish, and apples. Eating portions of the 9 foods 9 times on Christmas night is also believed to ensure future prosperity.
Wooden block towing at christmas(tradition)
Block towing in Latvia symbolized the coming of spring and the new year. A large oak block would be prepared ahead of time with thick ropes attached to both ends. On Christmas Eve, men would tow the block around the yard and through the village from house to house. They believed towing the block through areas where accidents had occurred would frighten away evil ghosts. According to tradition, they worked especially at the winter solstice to burn away the failures, bad thoughts, and deeds from the last year as a symbol of the new year and the sun's return, which was very important to farmers.
Christmas traditions in our school
The document describes several Christmas traditions at a school including classes decorating their classroom doors with wreaths in early December, the school being decorated with student-made ornaments, a Christmas market where students sell homemade sweets and postcards, a charity event with a company, the best students visiting the director for tea, and a Christmas concert before the holidays.
Christmas markets in Riga
There are three Christmas markets described in Riga, Latvia where visitors can find handmade goods, meet Santa Claus, and enjoy attractions for children. The market by the Radisson hotel sells wool hats, socks, and gloves as well as gingerbread. Dome Square market has chocolate, wood, and knitted items plus a Christmas tree. Livu Square market prioritizes attractions and entertainment for children.
Michaels day (mikeldiena)
The document lists various classes, including 1.B, 2.B, 2.A, 3.B, 8.A, and 1.A(p). It also mentions that class 9 prepared potato pancakes, apple bread, patties, bindweed, curd pancakes, and cranberry sauce.
Ligo
Midsummer or Ligo is a Latvian celebration of the summer solstice held on June 23-24. During the celebration, people sing, dance around bonfires, and search meadows and fields while wearing flower wreaths. Traditions include women making wreaths for themselves and men, with men typically wearing oak leaf wreaths, as well as eating caraway cheese and bacon rolls and drinking beer to mark the summer solstice.
Harvest festival in Latvia
Miķeļi, or Michael's Day, is an ancient Latvian harvest celebration that corresponds to the Christian feast day of Archangel Michael on September 29th. It was traditionally celebrated around the autumn equinox as the last day men could propose to women for the year. Martin's Day marks the midpoint between the autumn equinox and winter solstice in mid-November, and was traditionally celebrated with roast rooster, though goose has become more common due to German and Scandinavian influence. On Martin's evening, unmarried women would throw their skirts in the room before bed, believing the man who picked them up in a dream would be their future husband.
Festivals in Riga
There are several annual festivals held in Riga, Latvia. Staro Riga is a 4-5 day festival held around Latvia's Independence Day in November featuring unique light art installations around the city. White Night is an evening cultural event where various performances and activities take place across Riga. Riga Festival is the largest event of the year featuring music, art, theater, sports and entertainment. Night at the Museum allows cultural activities and events at museums throughout the night. Independence Day and Jāņi (Saint John's Day) are also celebrated with parades, fireworks, and commemorating Latvia's independence.
Post medieval-history of Levice
The document provides information about various locations and historical sites in and around the village of Brhlovce in the Levice region of Slovakia. It discusses that Brhlovce is included on the UNESCO World Heritage list and describes the unique cut-in houses built there between the 16th and 17th centuries. It also mentions the Calvary hill overlooking Levice that has a chapel and historic stones, the first record of Jews in Levice from 1713, the Lutheran church from the 13th century, the old hotel and bank building from the early 20th century, and the rebuilt water mill from the late 19th century.
Medieval period in levice
The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century to protect the southern gate of mining towns like Kremnica and Banská Štiavnica. It was destroyed by a great fire in 1434 but later rebuilt. Its first owner was Matúš Čák Trenčiansky and its last owners were the Schoellers, wealthy bankers from Vienna.
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The "oldest churches in Riga"
- 1. The "oldest churches in Riga"
- 2. Sun. St. Peter's Church, It is located in the historic center of Riga. For the first time the building mentioned in documents in the 1209th year. /Foto: V.Talaščenko/
- 3. St. Peter's Church /Foto: L.Gulbe/
- 4. St. Peter's Church /Foto: L.Gulbe/
- 5. Riga Dome - Church laid foundations, possibly after the 1211th. /Foto: V.Talaščenko/
- 8. Sun. James Roman Catholic Cathedral of the building complex - started to build early Gothic forms around the 1225th years and completed around the 1300th g., although the two upper floors tower and spire erected no earlier than 15. century. end. /foto: L.Gulbe/
- 9. Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John Riga - A complex of medieval buildings and remains of the Dominican Monastery - The information on this site is the Church of the 1297th g /Foto: L.Gulbe/
- 10. Sun. George Church - currently exists was built in the 13th century at the beginning and is one of the oldest brick buildings in Riga. /Foto: L.Gulbe/
- 11. Thank you for your attention! in 2013