Slavic autumn holidays

МБОУ Одинцовская СОШ №12 Slavic autumn holidays

Выполнили ученицы 5у класса

Димитренко Аксинья,

Косянчук Ксения.

Руководитель К.Г.Ананьин

2016

AUTUMN

THE Day of Family and Women in childbirth

• 8 th September
• Harvest festival
• Well-being of the family
• Burial of flies
• Brotherly feast

The burial of flies

• The coffins have been made of carrots

(nowadays they

are often made

of small pumpkins)

The brotherly feast

• Traditional dishes are kasha (buckwheat porrige), oat bread, pies
• The whole village has a great meal in one place

Khorovod

Khorovod

Making Zernovushka

• ‘ Zernovushka’ is a doll filled with seeds (oat, buckwheat, barley, rice)

Different seeds

Zernovushka

• Zernovushkas have got different patterns in different countries places.

Zernovushka

• Children can take Zernovushkas and play with them
• The old seeds are sown, and new seeds are put in Zernovushkas

The day of thanksgiving Damp Mother Earth

• 14 th September
• Harvest festival
• Renewal of the fire
• Brotherly feast

Damp Mother Earth (Mati Syra Zemlya)

• The oldest deity in Slavic mythology
• She has been

identified with

Mary, the mother

of Jesus Christ

The Day of Svarog

• 21 st September
• Finishing work in fields
• Honouring blacksmiths, carpenters, joiners
• Brotherly feast

Thank you