Russian Holidays and

Traditions

Holidays

Official : New Year’s Day

The Defender of Fatherland

Women’s Day

May Day

Victory Day

New Year’s Day is the main holiday in our country.

Women’s 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.

Non-official (religious)

Christmas

Easter

Palm Sunday

Shrove-tide

It is interesting

Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter are Christian holidays

Shrove-tide is a pagan holiday.

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.

It lasts 7 days. Each day has it’s own name.

Monday-is <<A meeting>>.

On this day people have many tasty things on the table

Tuesday

<<A flirting>>On this day in old times young people

tobogganed and looked for wives and husbands

Wednesday

<<Gourmand>>Mother-in-law invited son-in-law to

dinner

Thursday

<<Walk about Thursday>>On this day there were different

rituals,man drank deer

Friday

<<Evenings of Mother-in-law>>On this day son-in-law treated Mother-

in-law

Saturday

<<Evenings of Sister-in-law>>

or <<Farewell>>A bride calls relatives to her house

Sunday

<<A Day of Pardon>>After supper before going to bed the

member of the family ask pardon of each other.

Над проектом работали:

Герасина Яна

Морозова Инна

Бронивец Екатерина