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An example of a Christmas table in Serbia; grilled pork, Olivier salad (also called Russian salad), dzadziki salad, red wine and Bajadera sweets. Christmas dinner is the most celebratory meal a family has during a year. About noon, or even earlier, the family members sit down at the table. When the head of household gives a sign, all rise.
Additional ways to keep them away included marking one's door with a black cross on Christmas Eve and burning incense. [6] According to legend, any child born during the twelve days of Christmas was in danger of transforming into a kallikantzaros during each Christmas season, starting with adulthood. It was believed that the antidote to prevent ...
During the existence of Yugoslavia various public holidays were celebrated throughout or in some parts of the country. The most significant changes in the official calendar occurred in the aftermath of the World War II in Yugoslavia when the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia was succeeded by the new Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia.
The strongest Christmas wind was recorded in Sella Ness in Shetland in 2011 with gusts up to 101mph (162km/h) And the coldest Christmas was recorded in Gainford, Durham, which shivered through -18 ...
Christmas in Poland is celebrated with gift-giving, church services, and fasting on Christmas Eve before a 12-dish feast, which usually features carp for good luck.. Most people simply buy a cut ...
Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for ...
Orthodox Christmas: Božić (Божић) 9 January Republic Day: Dan Republike: The Bosnian Constitutional Court declared the annual holiday unconstitutional [1] 14 January New Year's Day: Nova godina (Нова година) According to the Julian calendar: 1 March Independence Day: Dan nezavisnosti... Easter: Uskrs
Božić (Christmas holiday near the southern Slavs) Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite) German (ritual doll and the name of the rite of calling out rain of the southern Slavs) Jarilo (personification of one of the summer holidays in the Russian folk calendar)