Romanian

traditions
Yuletide and shibboleths
 Breaf history
• Christmas began to be celebrated by Christians on December 25, after at
least three centuries after the start of the mission of evangelism of the
apostles, ie from IV century in the West and from the V century East .
custom adornment Christmas tree draws its origins from the Germanic
peoples. The tradition has spread elsewhere in Europe and then around
the world after WWI. Between tree candy tree ornaments, globes and
garlands have become classics.

• Santa Claus is a newer version of Saint Nicholas who has appeared in

Century I. He divides gifts for all children on the night of Christmas
Crăciun.Sărbătoarea is announced by the custom of children going to the
carol and the Star, to proclaim Christ Nativity .
• For 40 days before Christians celebrate Advent meet, which ends on
Christmas night after liturgy. Cutting pig on the day of Ignat (from
December 20) is an important predictor Christmas. Preparing meals
takes on the dimensions of an ancient ritual: sausages, Chiscau, drums,
aspic, filled cabbage, caltaboşul and nelipsitul cake will reign on the
table for Christmas.
• Holidays and folk customs, grouped around the winter
solstice (December 20 to January 7), bears the generic
name for winter holidays. The period is open and closed on
holidays preface from ajunuri, so Christmas, and Epiphany,
and crossed the middle of New Year. main cycle of winter
holidays - Christmas, New Year, Epiphany - worked over
time as independent moments of renewal time and the
beginning of the year. The Romans used, besides the
official calendar, recognized by the State and Church, an
informal calendar - popup calendar - created by the people
and sent folklore. Unlike the official church calendar and
the civil calendar, which is a simple table grouped by days
weeks and months, popular calendar indicate the optimal
time for planting and plowing, for petit and engaged for
finding weird etc. ancestor heritage. Holidays and folk
customs that take place within one day or several days,
daytime or night, the date fixed or mobile, dedicated
calendar divinities, people, animals, birds, plants, terrestrial
and cosmic phenomena known and respected, in some
ethnographic areas, until today. Some have taken the name
of Christian saints, others have nothing to do with
Christianity.
• Colindatul is a scenario
comprised of ceremonial texts
(carols), magic formulas, dances,
gestures, played in the house,
the streets, a sacred fog. The
popular calendar, this happens
under different area in the winter
solstice periods.
( "Star",
"Plugusorul",
"Sorcova"), the vernal
equinox, summer solstice and
autumn equinox. Carols send
greetings health, rich fruit,
anniversary wishes in the new
year. Colindatul is the most
widespread tradition of the
Romans. When people do not get
walked colindatorii, close doors or
do not offer gifts, magical effects
are opposite, they violate the
rules of this custom.
• Christmas is a solar god, the Indo-European origin,
specifically the territories inhabited by Geto-Dacians,
identifiable with the Roman god Saturn and the Iranian
god Mithra. For over a millennium, Christians celebrated
the New Year on Christmas Day. Determinativul of "
Santa" look old dear god, who must die and revive,
with calendar time, the New Year. In connection with the
Santa Claus legends circulated more.
It all makes, Christmas preclude or prevent the birth of baby
Jesus Christian since his arrival on the world means death
Mosul. Contemporary traditions about "holy"
Christmas on Santa "generous and good",
"loaded with presents many" are influential
livresti have entered the popular culture from west to
east and from city to village. Christmas Holidays last, the
narrow, three days (25-28 December), or, broadly, 19
days (December 20 to January 7).
• Christmas tree is a tree decorated, substitute god
worshiped in the position fitoforma, dying and rebirth at
the end of the year, around winter solstice, Christmas
synonymous with hub. Tree decoration and waiting for the
children to "Santa" called, in south-eastern
Europe, Christmas, which comes with many gifts, is a habit
which entered the western city to village, starting from the
second half of the nineteenth century. Christmas tree was
superimposed on an older custom of incineration Hubs
(dead god) the night of Christmas, symbolizing death and
rebirth and divinity of the winter solstice, the practice has
been issued to Romanian and Macedo, Latvia and Serbo-
Croatian.
 Christmas Carols
• Christmas is announced by the custom of children going to carol and
Star, to proclaim Christ birth. Also a tradition is "walking with
the icon, a sort of wandering priests covered by the local community
with the icon of the Nativity, binecuvântându the homes and
Christians. Winter Carols are sung ritual texts, dedicated to
Christmas and New Year. Their origin is lost in ancient history of the
Romanian people. Evoking the time when the birth of Jesus occurred
in the sky the star that guided the three wise kings at birth, children
- three, as the three wise men - going from house to house carol
singing "The Star rises above ... ", bearing with her a
star. Christmas Eve carol begins with "Good morning from
Santa Christmas Eve!" Beautifully decorated homes receive
their colindătorii. They are rewarded by the hosts with fruit, pretzels,
candy and even money. Some songs were made by wandering
Classical music composers, such as: "Here Fri
colindătorii" by Tiberiu Brediceanu, "Oh, what wonderful
news" of DG Kiriac, "Domnuleţ and Lord in Heaven"
by Gheorghe Cucu. Writer Ion Creanga described in "Memories
of childhood" adventures progress with carols.
 Eating habits
• For 40 days before Christians celebrate
Advent meet, which ends on Christmas night
after liturgy. Cutting pig on the day of Ignat
(from December 20) is an important predictor
Christmas. Preparing meals takes on the
dimensions of an ancient ritual: sausages,
Chiscau, drums, aspic, filled cabbage,
caltaboşul and nelipsitul cake will reign on
the table for Christmas.
• In concluzie, Crăciunul este o sărbătoare foarte importantă
pentru creştini: este sărbătoarea Naşterii Domnului, timp al
bucuriilor, al păcii şi al liniştii sufleteşti. Este o perioadă în care
primim şi dăruim multă iubire şi căldură sufletească. Acest
lucru se remarcă şi în entuziasmul cu care se fac pregătirile
pentru această sărbătoare. The Romans, Christmas is one of
the most important holidays, if not the most important. This
holiday, in which combines mass ceremony preparations, the
job of the church, is dedicated to the Savior's birth. Biblia said
Mary, when they give birth to the Son of God, walk,
accompanied by Joseph, the ACSA in the house and asking
people to offer him shelter. ajunand in the house of a certain
Christmas, very bad man, who was born not allowed there, is
gone from his wife gives birth in the stable where Jesus. When
he found out he killed his wife. It also says in the Holy Night of
His Birth heavens were opened to lower the Holy Spirit over
the Son of God, and, in the stable where the original was dark,
was made light. So, Christmas is a sacred holiday that brings
light and joy into people's souls. This celebration is
announced, the habit of going to drag children wandering to
announce birth of the Savior.
 References

• http://www.mos-craciun.com/obiceiuri-de
/
• http://www.outcast.de/2006/braeuchero.
• http://www.leonardo.snspa.ro/romani
a/traditii_craciunul.htm
 Author

• Elena Irimia
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• Edit- Isabela Gradinariu

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