New Year’s holidays in 2022 are inextricably linked with carols, generosity and sowing. When and how to lure happiness into the house with the help of ancient folk rituals – find out at UNIAN.
When to generous and carol, and when to sow in 2022. Photo by UNIAN
New Year’s Eve in 2022 does not end with New Year’s Eve celebrations. Further, we are still waiting for carols, shchedrivka and sowing – ancient folk rituals that are designed to bring prosperity and happiness into the house. Each of them has its own date and traditions.
When people are caroling, generous and sowing in Ukraine in 2022, and also why it is so important not to confuse these days – read on UNIAN.
In what sequence are carols, generosity and sowing in Ukraine?
Exactly as listed in the title:
- caroling first,
- then generosity,
- at the end of sowing.
Moreover, two of these rituals are carried out on the same day: they generously in the evening – and sow them in the morning of the next day.
Let’s make a reservation right away that in some regions it is customary to generously and sow in a second round for Epiphany on January 18 (it is considered the third Christmas holiday).
When to generous and carol, and when to sow. UNIAN infographics
What date do you need to go caroling
Wikipedia calls the carols expressions of “primitive agrarian magic.” But in the popular mind, the magic rite has long been intertwined with the celebration of the Christian faith – after all, it is customary to carol before Christmas.
On the eve of the holiday, on Christmas Eve January 6, companies of boys and girls led by the astrologer carry the Star of Bethlehem to their homes and in songs praise the birth of little Jesus Christ.
But initially the carols were dedicated to the birth of the son of the pagan goddess of beauty and love Kolyada. According to the old style, it was January 6 that was the longest night of the year, that is, the Day of the Winter Solstice.
Who can carol? Everyone, without exception, can take part: old people, young people, children, men and women. After a dinner of 12 lenten dishes, people bring kutya to their relatives – but before treating the owners of the house with kutya, they wish them wealth, peace, happiness and prosperity in song carols.
When is it forbidden to carol? They finish caroling in the morning on January 7 – and then it is no longer possible to carol.
Carol: text
Christmas, Christmas!
Serve the pie
Damn the cake
In the back window.
When to be generous in Ukraine
The ritual owes its name to the name of the holiday itself, when it is held – this Generous evening of January 13.
In generosity, the emphasis is always on the wishes of material benefits: they wish prosperity, a rich harvest and offspring of livestock. In response, the owners should also show generosity: give those who are generous, sweets and money.
Who can you give generosity to? This time, only young lads and girls go to sing ritual songs – children and the older generation stay at home. The main characters of the action are Malanka and Vasily, who personify the sister of the Month and the hero who saved her from the snake monster.
When is it forbidden to be generous? The very next morning, new folk traditions come into force – the tradition of planting.
Shchedrivka: text
Generous was generous
I spent the night under the window
A sheep or a sheep,
Serve the pancake
Don’t bite, don’t break
But as a whole, let’s go!
Generous evening, good evening!
When to sow in 2022
Everything ends with sowing – directly onOld New Year January 14… In the old days, it was customary to do this even at dawn, or even before sunrise. Now so early, almost no one goes home with bags of grain. But it is still believed that the sooner the better.
The fact is that the popular belief says: on January 14, the first to cross the threshold of the house is a man-sower – then, they say, both money and prosperity will be found in the house. But the woman-first guest is supposedly to tears and sorrows.
Therefore, the sowers visit houses from the very morning and with songs they scatter grain on the doorstep – as a symbol of the prosperity and well-being of this dwelling. Grain must not be harvested until evening.
Who can sow? Exclusively for men.
What can not be sown with? The grain for sowing must be whole. Most often they choose rye, wheat and barley, but it happens that they even sow buckwheat. But peas, millet and millet sowing is not accepted: according to omen, this will attract tears to the house.
Seeding: text
Seem, veem, posevaem,
Happy New Year!
Even though the old New Year is
May he bring good!
We wish in the old fashioned way:
Fertility – to the cattle,
Warm booth – doggy,
A saucer of milk for a kitten
A handful of wheat for a cockerel
Red girl – friend
Small children – for dad and mom,
Grandmother – the grandchild of the little ones!
Seem, veem, posevaem,
Happy New Year!
Open the chest
Get out the piglet!
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