Christmas celebrations begin on January 6, when the whole family gathers at the family dinner - the Holy Supper. Discover the traditions of the Ukrainian people and the signs of 6 January.
January 6 celebrating Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, which is also called the Holy Supper - in this day also has its own traditions and characteristics. Christmas - one of the largest and most favorite holidays, for which preparations have long held a very thorough and special. Christmas - magical and magical holiday, on this day the whole family creates and maintains the house a special atmosphere of comfort, prosperity and harmony. Learn how to spend the day on the eve of Christmas Ukrainian housewives, what they were doing necessary to bring into the house well-being and health of all households.
Rites, signs and traditions of January 6
Occasion Christmas since the harvest period remained Didukhof hay, which symbolized fertility, family spirit, grace and prosperity. Didukh - the main symbol of Ukrainian Christmas, which embodies the spirit of all kinds, and therefore protects the house and family from all troubles and attracted well-being. It drifts into the house and left under the icons to Vodohrescha. Didukh brings to the home a special holiday mood, the people said, "Didukh to Hati - Hati bіda s".
All the Christmas holidays lying a ban on any business and work at home, The most important were trying to finish before 6 January.
You can not hurt the animals on this day, chase stray cats and dogs, but rather should take care - to feed, find shelter. Require special care pets. It is believed that on Christmas Eve, each animal was talking with God in human language and tell the Lord how to behave in his home with him.
The father went around the entire yard by tradition, To restore order, to feed the animals, go in the house and firmly closes the door - and before the completion of dinner, no one could get out of the house and open the door.
6 and 7 January, as well as for all the Christmas time you can not give something out of the house to borrow money - it believes that it can be given to their health and well-being.
Before Svyatvechera hostess finished all his work on the farm - cleaned the house, whitewashed, decorated with drawings of the oven, washed. As well as trying to buy each member of the family a new thing.
All family members have to be at home on January 6 and do not go through the gate, it was considered bad luck to be away from home in the evening, and even more so to spend the night away from home on Christmas night - believe that the next year will have blukat world.
Christmas and Christmas Eve - it is important to maintain the special atmosphere of kindness and family consent,especially at home, we can not quarrel and swear, to curse the children. It should be the other way around, to make peace with all, to someone in a quarrel, forgive grievances and let evil.
Ukrainian tradition for women January 6
In the morning, the hostess was taken to prepare a festive dinner - on the table should be 12 symbolic dishes - the number of the apostles. Due to the fact that on January 6 - the last day of Advent, all the dishes are prepared in Svyatvecher fasting. However Supper called generous - it means that on the table there are all the blessings sent by nature, generous fruit harvest - dishes from cereals, fruit, honey, mushrooms, vegetables, fish, etc...
The first thing a woman mined new fire - a symbol of new life - with the help of flint and flints that 12 days have lain under the icons. Becoming facing east, crossed himself three times, the hostess lit a new fire kindled in the furnace and 12 logs, dried in the house 12 days before Christmas. And proceeds to cook festive family dinner of 12 traditional dishes: cooked uzvar, kutyu, peas, beans, cabbage and mushrooms extinguished, molded dumplings, cooked soup, baked dumplings.
Under a festive tablecloth at each corner of the table hostess necessarily hid head of garlic in order to ward off evil spirits.
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