Russia celebrates Christmastide, also known as Yuletide, from January 6-18, which are festive days filled with ancient rites and traditions. One of the main... 16.01.2014, Sputnik International
Russia celebrates Christmastide, also known as Yuletide, from January 6-18, which are festive days filled with ancient rites and traditions. One of the main traditions is guising.
Russia celebrates Christmastide, also known as Yuletide, from January 6-18, which are festive days filled with ancient rites and traditions. One of the main traditions is guising.
Russia celebrates Christmastide, also known as Yuletide, from January 6-18, which are festive days filled with ancient rites and traditions. One of the main traditions is guising.
To thank the homeowners for their generous gifts, guisers perform a song wishing them a rich harvest, newborn livestock, and good order at home. Then they leave for another house.
Christmastide is also known for its fortune-telling tradition. Eastern Slavs consider Christmas and Epiphany eves to be the best time for fortune-telling.
The best known and most frequent method of fortune-telling involves a felt boot. Girls may throw a felt boot, a high boot or a shoe out onto the road and the direction the toe points will be where their future husband comes from.
If a girl wants to see her groom, she must sit in a dark room between two mirrors, light candles and peer into the gallery of reflections hoping to see her future husband.
A young woman tells fortunes with a ring and millet during Christmastide.
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