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The Serbs celebrate Christmas on 6 January and New Year on 14 January - but actually delighted each year a whole month is the celebration of atheism liberated country. With a similar effort a wedding ceremony will be next to the Christ Child, the Holy Family, the Slava, revered.
  No holidays, no? An entire celebration charmed months a year from mid-December to mid-January, the Serbian people. Woe to him who in this Orthodox Christian reflection period is a serious treatment of its authorities, or even expected to issue a quick appointment with the dentist.
It is with God's blessing gejubelt, shot and celebrated - albeit initially with fish on the table and if it takes a very strict, even with a remaining menu, each popular diet to feast makes Pasul (white beans) only in boiled water, no fat, no milk, no cheese, Finally, the creator of a several weeks before Lent, the roast suckling pig set. On Christmas Eve, however, the faithful wait until 6 January, at which then not only two, but for three eating and holidays connect.
Christmas-moderate, however, no strict rules set? there is a European tradition: If the tree, which is often calculated according to meter, is too expensive, takes the ax to organize themselves and one. Even the date of Benadelung of the living room is optional. The balls, tinsel and angel hair wrapped jewel is from mid-December, well in use.
Joys and sorrows of Slava Festival
However? nor are the true Christmas joys strenuous days before: 19 December is the "Slava of St. Nicholas, only a few Balkan countries known festival, where each family its own saints, the Slava, is celebrating. And with this ceremony and guest list, which is appropriate with all the wedding celebration of a middle Princely House are comparable. There are strict rules. The son of the revered father of the Slava, the wife to her husband.
Who is invited to Slava, must be based on his own Slava festival invitation with a counter-revenge. Which of the guest list is also from the life of the host divorced. The 19th So December is a day on which you can either celebrate or even to celebrate loaded. The rest? Finally, it takes some voluntarily the sin of the crusher to be fast - lasts just twelve days.
At 31.12. If the missiles in Germany to rise, celebrates the "modern Serbia" with loyalerweise. For the children on that day, paradoxically, a kind of "Santa Claus". The next morning shoes and stockings with nuts, chocolate or other gifts filled. Sometimes appears to Santa Claus in person in costume and beard, he usually leaves the job invisible companions. Of course, follow the modern New Year's party at least two holidays. Their number varies from year to year and will not be too strictly interpreted? Believers enjoy a bonus, the working people celebrating in the operation further.
Already, the Christkind on 6 January preceding the door, and this belief with a ritual, the travel time from the frosty German Christmette away. Surrounded by a sea glowing candles and weihrauchträchtiger air begins to celebrate Christ's birth in the church interior in order to later in the Kirchenhof connected to relocate. Around a fire stimulated the faithful to pray in the late night hours. Each receives a farewell some dry oak branches, the traditional Christmas decorations, either on the door or in the house symbolizes the holiday.
On New Year's is the devil's going on
On the morning of the 7th January is the parent of a fire ignited? it's in the oven in the fireplace or anywhere else. While children and adults around the fireplace and sit with her in the oak wood embers poking be desired, according to the address of the Almighty said: healthy livestock to their own financial well-being. A large, round corn cake with a coin is hidden or a jewelry piece is broken with the hands. On whose plate later cake is the money, which can be a financially successful New Year hope.
Just not too early to begin alcohol abstinence: The New Year is still at the door. Since the communists and atheists Serbia no longer govern, there are still only in Serbia Orthodox patriots. Their New Year's Eve is 13 January. They like it in Belgrade restaurants leichtbetuchten typical turbo-Folksängerinnen, bang, frogs and fireworks at midnight and sporadic shooting from the residential blocks more civilized approach, in some areas of the country's interior on the other hand, the devil is going on.
Villagers, dressed in uniforms Chetniks, on the head mandatory cap Chetniks "Sajkaca" inaugurate the end of the year here in memory of the Second World War, when the Chetniks, the Serbian resistance fighters under the leadership of Draža Mihailović were called, equally against the Germans and Tito's partisans fought. An ox turns on rust, in a huge cauldron will Slivovitz (plum brandy) is heated, and each farmer has his hunting knife in the belt - each copy of lightning and feudalerem handle than the other.
With its own knife to cut each "piece of meat" by the seductive smelling roast, with, on the other side of the belt plug the gun or rifle is umgehängten at midnight geballert that even the gods to ensure the continuity of their heavenly kingdom fear.
The 14th January heralds the New Year become final one. A break is called for, of course, with several rehabilitation phase. Unless someone is celebrating the Holy Jovan as Slava. He is on 20 January.
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