During the spring equinox daytime becomes night.In this short time the sun's rays fall exactly perpendicular to the equator.And at the end of the day shone it migrates to the northern hemisphere of the celestial sphere from the South.Officially, March 21 - the day of the vernal equinox.Daylight begins to increase.The days of the vernal equinox - is not only offensive astronomical spring and the beginning of the tropical year.It lasts approximately 365.2422 days.Due to inaccuracies due equinox point moves time approximately 5-6 hours each cycle.But it is tropical year adopted by scientists to measure time.For example, the spring equinox in 2013 came March 20 at 3 pm, and 2 minutes for CMC.Around the same time, he will be in the next year, 2014.Then the day and time shifts.
For the modern man the days of the vernal equinox is only informative event - which means that the day will now become longer than the night.In ancient times, people lived in harmony with nature, and for them to be more semantic load volume.The Slavs in those days celebrated the feast Komoeditsu that lasted 2 weeks.People burned an effigy personifying winter and the prevalence of the darkness in life, sacrificial baked bread (pancakes), ryadilis in costumes and acted out scenes, thereby calling the spring and celebrate the New Year.
first stuffed Morena (the goddess of winter and death) were taken on triples the villages, majestic singing of the song, and then, after burning, solemnly buried.Then came the days of worship of Beer - Bear.One of the men dressed up in animal skins.The rest gave him pancakes, entertained with songs and dances.These days the ritual ends with awakening bear.When the moment came wires winter glorification Yarily - deity of the sun.Handsome young man dressed groom, were looking for a bride for him and played their wedding.It symbolized the union Yarily and "Yarilihi" as the personification of fertility and creation.From that moment it was believed that all life begins updating, good and light come into force.With the adoption of Christianity, this festival gradually shifted to Shrove Tuesday, but has acquired a different meaning.
New Year, or Nowruz, the day met in the old, and in all countries where the Great Silk Road: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.It was one of the biggest festivals of the Aryans who lived in ancient times these areas.They worshiped fire and the sun, and therefore the prevalence of daylight in the day means to them favor in heaven to man.On the eve of all people had to make peace with each other.In every house filled with jars of grain, water and milk, which should attract good luck in the next year, bountiful harvest rich yields, a good offspring of cattle.In the morning during the spring equinox arranged a feast.Make sure the table Serve filled with sprouts, symbolizing the coming of the New Year.After the adoption of the peoples in these countries Moslem feast was passed in the Islamic calendar.
