Every nation on our planet, does not arise out of nowhere.The roots of any nation of the world, echoes of the past history make a unique canvas, which are interwoven destinies of people.Unique customs, old traditions, and even the most incredible and exotic rites constitute an invisible but highly individual cultural baggage of every nation.Customs and rituals - an integral part of life.Some of them come to us from religion, the other - of the myriad signs, traditions, beliefs and superstitions.Acquainted with the spirit and traditions of the deep sense of some people in Russia.
Wedding: touching the sacrament
Paganism as the first religion of the Slavs gave us Pancake, gorgeous wedding rites and the Christmas divination.Traditionally Russian wedding played in autumn or winter, in the intervals between the long fast.The most popular so-called "svadebnik" - the period from Christmas to Shrovetide.
Rite church wedding - a touching and beautiful act, like many Russian customs.An example of this great sacrament captured in the paintings of many Russian artists.At all times it was believed that the wedding - it is not just a beautiful stately ritual and rite, requiring the spouses to realize their belonging to each other, tunes in to a long life together.The Orthodox Church does not accept divorce.In modern Russia, the wedding is only available after the official registration of marriage that does not detract from the magnificence of the ordinances.
Conducting Russian wedding involves a thoughtful script with the strict observance of all the attributes that require the customs of the Russian people: the redemption of the bride groom, passing many tests, contests, funny jokes.Traditionally, a young man paying with money and gifts to all participants in the rite of redemption.
Wedding traditions today
Modern wedding customs somewhat transformed over time, but not dramatically changed.As before, the groom buys the whole wedding dress for the bride and her family provides her "dowry" - the necessary set of home textiles, kitchen utensils and furniture.The customs of the peoples of Russia dictate mandatory dishes festive table.The symbol of a happy family life is Kurnik - layer cake pancake or biscuit unleavened dough with numerous fillings of chicken meat, mushrooms, rice and others.
traditional Russian ritual greeting of bread and salt - one of the most moving at a meeting of young family of her husband.Brings loaf with salt souped-law spouses.Young should break off a piece of it.Guests in this state: who gets the bigger piece of bread, he will be the head of the house.
Carnival: preparing for Lent
custom of celebrating Shrovetide preserved after the Baptism of Russia falls on Lent preceding week.Now few people know that not only includes a Mardi Gras Pancake week, but the so-called omnivorous, and pock-marked.
Omnivorous Week eliminates the fasting days, speckled involves alternation of meatless days Skoromniy.During Pancake cheese or meat is not eaten, but consume dairy products in any quantity.
Happy holiday Russian pancake
Like many well-known customs of the peoples of Russia, Mardi Gras is always accompanied by abundant and nourishing food.And dances, folk songs and games are an obligatory attribute tracking holiday.It was believed that the Pancake week to have fun a must, otherwise the luck turns away from the man, and the whole year things will go badly.
protagonist of Maslenitsa - a pancake.Solar symbol, round, hot, gorgeous!Pancakes baked variety: sweet, salt, yeast with various fillings for every taste.There they started from the middle of the week, the so-called "medium-gourmet."On this day mother-in-law were treated to pancakes, trying every possible way to placate them and cheer.
Shrovetide customs
the fun and mass celebrations began in a loose Thursday skating in
sledding, fist fights, ritual dances.In the streets they carried an effigy of Maslenitsa and caroling.
Friday Tiffany received an invitation to lunch or dinner by-law, mothers try to please their wives.This day is called the "Teschin Vecherki."On Saturday "Zolovkina (sister's husband) gatherings," the daughter invited my husband to visit relatives, taking care not to break the accepted customs.Example Shrovetide table impressive variety of dishes of Russian cuisine.
In Forgiveness Sunday - the last day of festivities - all asked each other for forgiveness, freeing itself from the accumulated grievances, gifts to relatives.The culmination of the festival - the burning of effigies as a symbol ending a long winter."In a rich harvest of" the ashes are spread over the fields.Lit bonfires of straw and old unwanted items to get rid of all the excess.In the evening, pancakes commemorate the dead relatives.
Christian Easter
granted us a wonderful Christian holy feast of Easter.Diverse customs of the peoples of various countries in the celebration of this day.We do not dwell on the Orthodox church ceremonies.They are majestic and beautiful.Consider the traditional consumer habits.An example of ritual actions, the most common in Russia - baking Easter cakes and dyeing eggs, symbols of the immortal body of Christ, which sanctified in churches.It's so common rituals that they do not escape and atheists.
morning after the all-night vigil and the passage of processions around the church begins the celebration of the miraculous resurrection of Christ.People greet each other with "Christ is risen!", Get an answer, "Truly He is risen!"and exchanging Blessing Easter cakes and eggs.The name of this custom - Easter greeting.These traditional practices are so common that Easter treats are exchanged not only believers but also atheists.
In the world there are many rites.Customs exemplified in the article are the most common in Russia.
