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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2009 4:12:21 GMT 2
Oh, Wolferin, you did a great job there! You've managed to make them so lovely! Here they have expectations from me,as l am the artist ;D, but l only did red ones, bought plastic chickens to stick on them,but couldn't do that as l brushed the eggs with oil to shine. Anyway, happy springtime to everybody! PS: We call ,paska' thd Easter bread
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Post by Mighty Croc on Apr 19, 2009 7:54:52 GMT 2
Great! You intrigued me... and how does it tastes? We call "paskha" the whole celebration - the "Easter" is called "Paskha" in Russian. Also, we call "Paskha" another Easter dish, some kind of curd... here it is: Excuse me for the large size of the picture
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2009 9:39:57 GMT 2
Neeah, here paska is only that special bread, the ,Easter' is called Pashte or Pashti. By now l met more than 20 people, had fun and l'm preparing to go in the forest with old friends! korpi party shalt be unleashed so good bye all! ;D
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Post by wolferin on Apr 19, 2009 12:00:42 GMT 2
walkyrie, thank you! The shiny eggs are made with gelatine dye.
Crocodildo, the 'kozunak' is alike sweet cake in taste. It's very tasty when is well done. And what is the taste of this Paskha-curd?
We call Easter 'Velikden". In the south-eastern Bulgaria, except 'kozunak' and colored eggs, are made little cookies, sometimes with honey. When people meet this days they greet each other 'Hritos voskrese!' (Christ has resurrected) and the other says 'Voistina voskrese!' (It has really resurrected).
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Post by Mighty Croc on Apr 20, 2009 9:29:45 GMT 2
The curd is really great - but this year I couldn't taste it. It needs a long work before it's done, and my mum didn't have much time. The Easter greeting in Russia is just as in Bulgaria. "Velikden" was the name of an ancient heathen celebration, it was celebrated during the whole week before the vernal equinox. and when christians invaded slavonic lands, the Velikden was given another meaning, and in Russia its name was changed to "Paskha". But, for example, in Ukraine it's still called "Velikden" - and now I see, that in Bulgaria it is too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2009 18:26:22 GMT 2
Tomorrow ,all those named George, Georgiana & Gheorghe celebrate their name day as the orthodox church celebrates St. George. Have no idea why, but everybody puts small willow branches at the doors &window. I personally only put my party shoes ;D as l'm invited to two parties
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Post by Kirki on Apr 22, 2009 18:27:31 GMT 2
St. George's day tomorrow! Patron Saint of England : )
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Post by Mighty Croc on Apr 22, 2009 18:55:21 GMT 2
Have no idea why, but everybody puts small willow branches at the doors &window. Usually these traditions are echoes of the heathen past. I can try to find something about this one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2009 19:37:21 GMT 2
Yes, of course, tis a very old heathen custom. I asked around and it seems they put for good luck....l wasn't given other details 'bout the true significance..
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Post by Mighty Croc on May 1, 2009 19:27:54 GMT 2
May 1st, a Day of Spring and Working... Also, don't forget about the Walpurgis Night.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 1, 2009 21:16:05 GMT 2
I"m surprised to see that even here in US they mark the calendars on May 1st as "May Day" - without even knowing what that signifies. Oh yes, Walpurgisnacht! last year's local Paganfest show happened on this day, very appropriately so I am reminded of Schandmaul's song "Walpurgisnacht", now I have to go listen to it for the occasion.
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Post by ingrid on May 5, 2009 21:45:15 GMT 2
Liberation day, today in our country Festivals all over the country.. including one in front of my house. The original idea is to celebrate our freedom from the second world war, but now we celebrate freedom in general. Too bad we had bad weather this year
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 5, 2009 22:53:14 GMT 2
People in US don't even celebrate victory day (end of WWII)... it's very sad how this memory is fading into background and history books, while all sorts of politically correct "concerns" surface up to obscure the significance of days like this. It's heartwarming to see that at least in Netherlands/Europe liberation day is still a widely celebrated festival...
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Post by ingrid on May 5, 2009 23:56:28 GMT 2
I think you can compare it a bith to the 4th of july. But I'm not sure cause I don't really know how you celebrate it. Over here on the 4th of May we have a memorial day for the ones who died in war (we also remember soldiers who died in other wars after WWII) the entire country is then silent for 2 minutes (form 8.00 till 8.02 pm) And on the 5th is the celebration, Liberationfestivals in every province in our country, celebrating freedom with music and drinking and just partying.
Because there don't live many people anymore that witnessed the war it's getting more and more a general festival for freedom instead of remembering the liberation of WWII.
But everybody still knows where the festival comes from ofcourse
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 6, 2009 8:58:23 GMT 2
It's a good point about 4th of July comparison, especially now that both holidays seem to be slipping into an overall celebration of freedom/independence. Americans are more ignorant though, many don't even know what events have led up to the original 4th of July.
The country-wide moment of silence/memory is impressive... I don't think even Russia does that (someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember experiencing it while I was growing up there), while Russia suffered so much in WWII. It's sad how time passes and old memories pass away together with the veterans who shared them, and when there are no living witnesses left, public rememberance of old wars takes on a more distant, over-arching meaning... I remember in 1995 it was the 50th anniversary of Russian Victory Day, and Moscow was aflare with celebrations and solemn memorials and televised broadcasts. Now it's close to 65th anniversary, and there are less and less people who can stand up and say, "we were there..."
The passage of time's just making me reminisce. I've been so used to the fact that WWII was a more or less recent event (it's been kept so alive at school when I was growing up), and now that it's retreating backwards in the moving timeline of history it makes me wonder what will happen to its memory down the line...
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