Russian Holidays and Traditions

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Russian Holidays and Traditions
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Holidays

• Official
• New Years Day
• The Defender of Fatherland
• Womens Day
• May Day
• Victory Day

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• New Years Day is the main holiday in our
  country.
• Womens Day is an international holiday, it
  started in Europe in 1911, and was for the first
  time celebrated in Russia in 1913.
• May Day is the holiday of spring.

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Non-official (religious)

• Christmas
• Easter
• Palm Sunday
• Shrove-tide

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It is interesting

• Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter are Christian
  holidays
• Shrove-tide is a pagan holiday.

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Shrove-tide

• Is loved by everybody. This is the holiday when
  we see Winter off and greet Spring. The Pagans
  believed that Spring was a sweet young girl and
  needed help. So,they burned the figure of Winter
  and made pancakes, or blins which symbolise the
  Sun.

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It lasts 7 days. Each day has its own name.

• Monday-is ltltA meetinggtgt.
• On this day people have many tasty things on the
  table

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Tuesday

• ltltA flirtinggtgt
• On this day in old times young people tobogganed
  and looked for wives and husbands

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Wednesday

• ltltGourmandgtgt
• Mother-in-law invited son-in-law to dinner

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Thursday

• ltltWalk about Thursdaygtgt
• On this day there were different rituals,man
  drank deer

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Friday

• ltltEvenings of Mother-in-lawgtgt
• On this day son-in-law treated Mother-in-law

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Saturday

• ltltEvenings of Sister-in-lawgtgt or ltltFarewellgtgt
• A bride calls relatives to her house

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Sunday

• ltltA Day of Pardongtgt
• After supper before going to bed the member of
  the family ask pardon of each other.

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