We Chose This Theme Because It Is Very Important For

We chose this theme because it is very important for the culture of the Romanian people. The Romanian Winter Holidays will take place between December 24 and January 7 and central points are the days of Christmas, New Year and Epiphany,their most important feature is unparalleled repertoire rich in customs and beliefs

Cycle Holidays New Year is divided symmetrically into two segments: the period between Christmas and midnight of December 31 and then up to Epiphany. In the first cycle, during the decay incessantly: it increases at night, cold and darkness increases, and with them, people fear that the world goes to perdition, that the time will come when the sun finally disappears in the sky. Then comes the spectacular astronomical phenomenon of the winter solstice, when the sun begins to climb the dome of the sky and on to grow little by little.

Goat is considered in the Romanian tradition, the animal that shows if the weather will be good or bad. The custom of goat was originally a religious ceremony. Goat custom was widespread in the whole country in the late nineteenth century, but because it was considered a pagan game, many people of the church have refused to receive the singers in their homes.

The person playing the goat is covered with a fabric that are sewn over tape, placed diagonally. Traditionally, goat dressed in reeds, part met today in some villages. During the game can be caught several successive phases: goat simulates the climb in the tree, then gets sick and dies, falling to the ground, at which point panic shepherd, following a strange dialogue with the animal. Finally revive goat to the delight of all, jokes and ghidusiile and the animal resumed. Custom lost its load on the mythical journey, having today only about entertainment.

Goat is a wood made short form chipped goat head, which wraps with red paper. Over the same paper put another black paper, finely cut hair and wrinkled shape. Instead you can paste and a thin skin with hair on it. In his eyes are two cavities in wood where put two large bean bean, aloe, with black spots over the black paper sticks with wrinkles or skin with hair. Instead of ears, goat has two Gavan spoon. On the neck has four chronic beautifully decorated with colored paper, which was strung strings of beads or Hurmuz. Behind horns are a very proud mirror reflective light on the houses where goats come at night. In the two upper jaw of the head, place the lower jaw that moves around a bolt not shown. This jaw is dressed like the head. Under the neck is a hole in which there is a long fight for a side, which is your goat.

Of the lower jaw before a bell was hanging and the back side of a wire was connected. If the wire is let free, before the lower jaw hanging and so the goat's mouth opens. Both stick and wire are coated with a truncated cone shaped bag, the burlap, which, to stay swollen and covered as the one that will knock your goat, you bang it and play it, is related to some circles inside the wire or wood. The mask is accompanied by a noisy fog, with musicians that accompanies the dance nelipsitii goat. Goat jumps and is smuceste, spins and bows, the rhythmic clatter of wooden jaws. A show genuine thrills wakes up to nurse for fear. More attenuated in the current urban form, the show stands out mostly by the originality of costume and choreography.

Researchers assume that the goat dance, and other events (caiutii-boys dressed as emperor, Turkish-mask of a bull ..), met in the Romanian villages at Christmas time from ancient sacred ceremonies dedicated to the divinity of death and rebirth.

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