Have you ended your New Year holiday? Are you tired of the string of holidays or would you gladly extend them? If you are not tired and full of energy to celebrate further, tonight you have the last chance!
This is an Old New Year - a New Year according to the Julian calendar. This is a rare historical phenomenon, an additional holiday, which turned out as a result of a change in the chronology from Julian to Gregorian calendar.
The Old New Year traditionally is celebrated in countries where the church celebrates Christmas on the Julian calendar, January 7th (so it is sometimes called “Orthodox” ). Therefore, the date of the New Year on this calendar corresponds to January, 14th. Thus, on the night of January 13-14, everyone can afford to celebrate their favorite holiday for the second time. Indeed, for many believers, the Old New Year is of particular importance, since they can celebrate New Year holiday from the heart only after the end of the Christmas Lent.
In ancient times in our country this holiday had many names - Generous evening, Rich evening, Rich kutya, Shchedrets, Melanka, Ovsen … Our ancestors believed that a plentiful dinner in this evening would provide the family with prosperity for the whole year. Kutia (porridge from wheat) and a pig on the festive table were especially important. And besides eating, it was customary to dress up, go on a visit, caroling and guessing in this evening.
And while the holiday of the Old New Year has not begun, I want to briefly recall the bright moments of the holiday of the new year, as it was for me.
First of all, it’s your home decoration, of course and the shopping trips in search of gifts and Christmas-tree decorations. How smart the shops are decorated these days! How much beautiful New Year goods are there!
An obvious walk around the city with a visit to New Year’s fairs.
What impressed me most was the New Year’s performance at the square near the Town Hall - New Year’s box (all photos and videos you can see by the link).
The Pesochnitsa (in English - sandbox) Fair also made a big impression on me. It was lively and unusual.
Traditional Fair near Palace of Sports also deserves to be mentioned:
Those incredible street views and beautiful New Yeat trees!
For the first time in my life, I with my family visited Dudutki (I don’t know how I missed this at school), but the full description I will leave for the next time:
and the main: we finally held the meet-up with our group (but now I show you nothing, wait please for my next post)!
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