New Year Traditions

1.Theme: ‘’Traditions in my country’’ 2.Briefs:’’New year customs’’ 3. Short history of traditions and superstitions in Romania 4.Details

New Year's Night is a night full of superstitions in Romanian tradition. Many believe that if the night of years they will have money all year will go well. Not only Romanians are superstitious, but the rest of Europeans.

Many people believe that the new year to catch them with money in your pocket because such party will have plenty all year. Moreover, in certain areas of the country, on the morning of January 1, people put money into water to wash his face. In addition, a few days before The New Year's, women make bread the mites hide. Tradition says that those who will find money will have luck throughout the year. Of old is said to be part of plenty in the coming year, the first man to pass your doorstep in the New Year's Eve should be a man.

Romanians in certain areas I think we must zero hour find with them new clothes for them going well all year. However, misfortune is brought into the new year if calendar hanging on whom the new year before zero hour. All year you have debts, until the night of the year if you have not paid those already made. All superstitions Romania shows that New Year's Eve we should make much noise in the house to chase away evil spirits. And not only Romanians are superstitious. Europeans also have their traditions in the New Year night.

For example, the Greeks are a traditional cake they make money and then flock to eat to find the money. It is said that those who are part of wealth will have all year. Scots used to eat the night of grapes for 12 years have 12 months filled with plenty.

New Year's customs are very diverse in Bukovina, which can be seen from the mere enumeration: bear game; the bell of the threshold, bittern of the eve evening, the goat of Fundu Moldova, deer in Colacu, sowing characteristic of all areas - the equivalent sorcova are all events, types of relations existing in the group with distinct repertoires becomes grandiose folk performances, rendering the whole community and on other occasions.

Religion bear is inherited from the Geto-Dacians, which he considered a sacred animal. Bear is embodied by a lad wearing the head and shoulders of an animal fur, embellished in the right ear with red tassels. Sometimes, the head bears are made from a wooden frame covered with a piece of fur and flesh out a solid cloth, so to suggest that decorated brown feature. The mask is headed by a Gypsy, accompanied by music and followed by a whole host of characters (including a child can be a bear in the role of chicken). Adapted from Gypsy (Play Better, Martine, / As you make bread with olives), to the tune of beating drums and whistling, keeping his balance with a bat, swinging mask hums and imitate the steps of the bear, hitting the ground with powerful feet.

Bears roll in a circle, and beat the bear's death, and resurrection miracle as his boarding the bat (stick) play in succession of the seasons metaphorical way that, someday, stood under the sign of this animal, able to defeat the winter and to herald spring. The game ends with the usual holiday wishes.

Goat head is made of birch wood carved in the shape nearest the natural representation, the bottom of the muzzle being worked into a separate timber caught with a nail, so dragging the rope with which it is caught, to nose goat can bang. At the top of the head is fixed horns, sometimes mere imitations of wood, the head was then filled with ear, eye beads, brass targets, all to play truthful symbol which is the head so constructed is fixed in a holder made from a stick of variable length depending the height of the performer. Goat body consists of a fixed rear head laicer goat, leaving blank the interpreter can see the action in order to integrate other youth game.

Adornment goat has restrictions, making it according to the imagination and personality of each performer. Laicerul will be decorated with pieces of mirrors, horns with colored wool tassel, garland, bells . Goat game is played,with a bat in hand, will direct their game wishes addressing them. And witty in this game varies depending on the performer. Then follows a dialogue between a shepherd and a merchant in connection with the sale of a goat.

The horse is another plastic embodiment of mythical symbols of tradition hairdryer. The game is reminiscent of cult horse horses practiced the winter solstice, the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. In ancient beliefs, the horse had a apotropaica function, to protect households and churches of evil spirits. In the traditional custom of New Year game horse is practiced today is not for symbolic meanings, forgotten long ago, but particularly for spectacular dance interpreted mascoidelor bearers. Therefore young people chosen for CAIUTI groups must be excellent dancers, expressing the vitality and force game exuberance of youth.

Major characteristic of these Romanians celebrate their Bukovina an unparalleled repertoire is rich in traditions and beliefs, the artistic achievements of literary, musical, dance, and drama mimics. New Year is considered to be one of the most favorable times to predict future weather or crops. Jews of Bukovina i appreciated or rainy months of drought periods on a so called calendar of onion leaf. In making this is the following: In the night the day before the cut equal parts of an onion, the shells thus obtained was named for the months of the year. Following the crushed salt in equal amounts in each shell and settling them in a row, as in the sequence of months of the year, on the table or hearth stove. Assessment is made in the morning, rainy months of January 1 after the amount of water accumulated in leaf cups onion.

Also on the night of New Year's Eve and is made from firm timetable for assessing fruit crops next year. For this we chose stew, equal in size, from the same woods, one for each crop that was to be sown in the year beginning (wheat, corn, beets, peas, potatoes, etc.). Coal, named for plants, were put on the hearth or on a tray and were allowed until the next day (January 1). Forecasting culture based on the principle of equivalence in the amount of ash resulting from complete combustion of coal fire and indicating the fruit harvest. Depending on this, deciding which of the crops will be sown in larger quantities in the following spring.

Sorcova Plugusor four oxen

Patterns belonging to the New Year with sorcova umblatul is especially children . They joy wear a sprig of a tree bud or one sorcova made from a stick around which were blended colored paper flowers. The name comes from the word Bulgarian sorcova surov (tender green), alluded to only blossom branch, once torn from a tree. Angled several times in the direction of a particular person, sorcova plays somewhat the role of a magic wand, equipped with the ability to transmit the force and youth visit. Textual urarii that recalls a spell, not only to strengthen the effect of movement sorcova.

With a few days before the holidays arrive, they search for colleagues, is accompanying three to six guys together, take care of whips, scourge, bells, then how many healthy bag for receiving a common gain and after a bull. Bittern is a tool consisting of a few, that connects the mouth with a van of sheep skin. In the middle of the skin hang a strand of horse hair, which, when soaked with water and pulled a hand when another, producing a vibration that looks like an idiot distant roar or better saying, with a bull, from where sees him coming and appointment. From this tool comes saying Romanians in Bukovina: a walk with the bittern, which signifies the same as: a hatred of the New Year.

Arriving New Year's evening now, as soon as the start of the dark, accompanied children begin to walk and hatred from the house to house. Most talkative of these gentle stroll recite show booth near the window of the house. Wandering or wish Plugusorul is very beautiful, embody a lot of poetry. It is woven of living and rape icons, icons, and it depends only knows poetry people. They gain their gifts are the same and gets them from Christmas Oratorio: adequate breads, nuts, apples, pears, money, etc.. And after receiving gifts and shared them leave without delay cashier handed to another house. Thus wandered from house to house until midnight, when brotherly sharing between itself and won all the gifts and wishing each other luck and health for many years, goes every at home.

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